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The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true test of a civilization is not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The things taught in colleges and schools are not an education, but the means of education.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means of education
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and offer swing and play to the confined powers.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eyes and the heart of the child.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal obstruction and nuisance with which we have to contend… The cheat and bully and malefactor we meet everywhere is the Government.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of drunkeness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reliance on property is...the want of self-reliance. Men measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property...(Essays)
By Ralph Waldo Emerson