"Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson has 2,823 quotes on this site.
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Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities…
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions…
— Mary Astell
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In the continuing debate over the morality of enhanced interrogation, an essential consideration is often overlooked: intent.
— Gary Bauer
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are…
— Warren G. Bennis
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Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
— Ambrose Bierce
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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by…
— Theodor Adorno
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The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is…
— Allan Bloom
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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That survival instinct, that will to live, that need to get back to life again, is more powerful than any…
— Danny Boyle
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I never ever take into consideration the consequences of my actions until it's too late.
— Jo Brand
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In honor of Surgeon General Koop's legacy, we should ensure that the position of surgeon general is protected from political…
— Richard Carmona
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I would rather the man who presents something for my consideration subject me to a zephyr of truth and a…
— Grover Cleveland
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Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then…
— Elisabeth Elliot
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