Barren Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing divine dies. All good is eternally reproductive. The beauty of Nature re-forms itself in the mind, and not for barren contemplation, but for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In excited conversation we have glimpses of the universe, hints of power native to the soul, far-darting lights and shadows of an Andes landscape,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dear to us are those who love us... but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life; they build…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The history of reform is always identical; it is the comparison of the idea with the fact. Our modes of living are not agreeable…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In the great books of India, an empire spoke to us, nothing small or unworthy, but large, serene, consistent, the voice of an old…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Please don't settle for happiness. It's not good enough. Of course you deserve it, but if that's all you have in mind - happiness…

— Toni Morrison

The apparition of an evil, sick unconscious wild city rose before me in visible semblance, and about the dead buildings in the barren air,…

— Allen Ginsberg

“Just when normal life felt almost possible--when the world held some kind of order, meaning, even loveliness (prismatic spray of light through an icicle;…

— David Wroblewski

My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light.

— Dan Flavin

T is liberty crowns Britannia's Isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains smile.

— Joseph Addison

You may boldly say, you did not plough Or trust the barren and ungrateful sands With the fruitful grain of your religious counsels.

— Philip Massinger