"The hues of the opal, the light of……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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2,824 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…
If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the…
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the…
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
A little praise goes a great ways.

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I thought of the soul as resembling a castle, formed of a single diamond or a very transparent crystal, and… — Teresa of Avila
You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions. The questions are diamonds you… — Richard Bach
Invest in the human soul. Who knows, it might be a diamond in the rough. — Mary McLeod Bethune
Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point.… — William J. H. Boetcker
Rough diamonds may sometimes be mistaken for worthless pebbles. — Thomas Browne
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. — Jean de la Bruyere
This diamond has so many carats it's almost a turnip. — Richard Burton
Now one thing I think is really lame, is if you're an artist and you go to a karaoke bar… — Jason Aldean
Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. — Thomas Carlyle
No pressure, no diamonds. — Thomas Carlyle
The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. — Anton Chekhov

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