"Religion is to do right. It is to……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble."
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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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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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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
— Saint Augustine
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I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it?
— Joan Baez
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The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble.
— James M. Barrie
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Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.
— Joseph Addison
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
— Joseph Addison
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The proud do not change to improve, but defend their position by rationalizing. Repentance means change, and it takes a…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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If I was freer than I had ever been in my life, I was not yet entirely free, for I…
— Wendell Berry
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I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions…
— Norman Borlaug
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The true way to be humble is not to stoop until you are smaller than yourself, but to stand at…
— Phillips Brooks
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