"Those who live to the future must always……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Those who live to the future must always appear selfish to those who live to the present."
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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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"Pieces" almost always appear 'as parts' in whole processes. ... To sever a "'part" from the organized whole in which…
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In vain do we seek tranquility in the desert; temptations are always with us; our passions, represented by the demons,…
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No instance exists of a person's writing two language perfectly. That will always appear to be his native language which…
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Time and again, in every market cycle I have witnessed, the extremes of emotion always appear, even among experienced investors.…
— Michael Steinhardt
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These funerals always appear to me the more indecent in a populous city, from the total indifference of the beholders,…
— Karl Philipp Moritz
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When you allow circumstances beyond your control to determine your attitude and actions, you risk plunging into a downward spiral…
— Nick Vujicic
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Forms of expression always appear turgid to those who do not share the emotions they represent.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Left to Tell reminds us that we are all sons and daughters of God; that with faith, miracles will always…
— Colette Baron-Reid
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The legislator is an indispensable guardian of our freedom. It is true that great executives have played a powerful role…
— J. William Fulbright
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Remember the enemy of all painting is gray: a painting will almost always appear grayer than it is, on account…
— Eugene Delacroix
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I am concentrating docilely on the question why U.S. restrooms always appear to us as infirmaries for public distress, the…
— David Foster Wallace
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