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We Know Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Astronomy is a cold, desert science, with all its pompous figures,-depends a little too much on the glass-grinder, too little on the mind. 'T is…
- The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.
- The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose. Foolish…
- The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose ...…
- It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to…
- What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. What is life but…
- Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.
- The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded;…
- Nature, as we know her, is no saint.... She comes eating and drinking and sinning.
- We may like well to know what is Plato’s and what is Montesquieu’s or Goethe’s part, and what thought was always dear to the writer…
- We are impressed and even daunted by the immense Universe to be explored. "What we know is a point to what we do not know."
- Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
- We are wiser than we know.
- We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
- the sense of being which in calm hours arises, we know not how, in the soul, is not diverse from things, from space, from light,…
- ...most men have bound their eyes with one or another handkerchief, and attached themselves to some one of these communities of opinion. This conformity makes…
- If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular thing,…
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- When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its… — Antonin Artaud
- Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know them. And… — David Attenborough
- I'd like to see the giant squid. Nobody has ever seen one. I could tell you people who have spent thousands and… — David Attenborough
- Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other… — Margaret Atwood
- Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. — Saint Augustine
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila
- Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know. — Richard Bach
- But what do we know of the heart nearest to our own? What do we know of our own heart? — Amelia Barr
- We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. — James M. Barrie
- We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that… — Dave Barry
- My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think… — Martha Beck
- Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of… — Irving Berlin