"For it is only the finite that has……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose."
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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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More Finite Quotes
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one of 322 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running…
— Neil Armstrong
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Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn.
— Robert Browning
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Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with…
— Thomas Carlyle
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Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless
— Justin Rosenstein
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The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the…
— Unknown Author
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Worship is the highest act of which a person is capable. It not only stretches us beyond all the limits…
— Unknown Author
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It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is…
— Ted Danson
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The known is finite, the unknown infinite; spiritually we find ourselves on a tiny island in the middle of a…
— Thomas Huxley
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If you wish to advance into the infinite, explore the finite in all directions.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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One [idea] was that the Universe started its life a finite time ago in a single huge explosion, and that…
— Fred Hoyle
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We come no nearer the infinitude of the creative power of God, if we enclose the space of its revelation…
— Immanuel Kant
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We know that there is an infinite, and we know not its nature. As we know it to be false…
— Blaise Pascal
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