"There is nothing we value and hunt and……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There is nothing we value and hunt and cultivate and strive to draw to us, but in some hour we turn and rend it."
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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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Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its…
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Therefore I feel that the aforementioned guiding principle must be modified to read: If you desire peace, cultivate justice, but…
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Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to…
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What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.
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We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine.…
— Unknown Author
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The most innovative designers consciously reject the standard option box and cultivate an appetite for thinking wrong.
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A warrior must cultivate the feeling that he has everything needed for the extravagant journey that is his life. What…
— Carlos Castaneda
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Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.
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Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to…
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It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your…
— Cesar Chavez
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What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals; more learning and less…
— Samuel Gompers
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Education is the best means-probably the only means-by which nations can cultivate a degree of objectivity about each other's behavior…
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