Ralph Waldo Emerson The American Scholar Quotes & Sayings

Virtue liberates; vice enslaves. A passion for genuine beauty liberates; — Anthony Esolen

I was not into sci-fi, science fiction, at all. I was into some of the old pirate films with Burt Lancaster and stuff. I liked them. — Mads Mikkelsen

Men of God are those who walk in the fear of the Lord. — Matt Chandler

So is there no fact, no event, in our private history, which shall not, sooner or later, lose its adhesive, inert form, and astonish us by soaring from our body into the empyrean? Cradle and infancy, school and playground, the fear of boys, and dogs, and ferules, the love of little maids and berries, and many another fact that once filled the whole sky, are gone already; friend and relative, profession and party, town and country, nation and world, must also soar and sing. - RALPH WALDO EMERSON, The American Scholar — Haven Kimmel

Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Remember that failure is part of the process of successful running. Performance is a roller coaster; to think otherwise is irrational and will cause you much stress and discouragement. Lighten up on yourself. Ups and downs can be expected. The performance of most serious runners fluctuates by the week. You win some, you lose some; some days you're hot, some days you're not. Don't fight with yourself when failure, the teacher, pays an unexpected visit. Open up to learning from it. — Jerry Lynch

All you needed to say was that you loved me. That was all. — J. Lynn

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

He hath no power that hath not power to use. — Philip James Bailey