"People are timid and apologetic; they are no……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"People are timid and apologetic; they are no longer upright; they dare not say "I think," "I am," but quote some saint or sage. They are ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are for what they are; they exist with God to-day."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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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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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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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I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.
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I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith).…
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I discovered early that the hardest thing to overcome is not a physical disability but the mental condition which it…
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I have chosen to no longer be apologetic for my femaleness and my femininity. And I want to be respected…
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Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not…
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The moment philosophy supposes it can find a final and comprehensive solution, it ceases to be inquiry and becomes either…
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For me, apologetics proved to be the turning point of my life and eternity. I'm thankful for the scholars who…
— Lee Strobel
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It's no longer enough to teach our children Bible stories; they need doctrine and apologetics.
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