Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Life Quotes, Philosophical Quotes

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

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What I think about vivisection is that if people admit that they have the right to take or endanger the life of living beings for the benefit of many, there will be no limit to their cruelty.

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Life's uncertain voyage.

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Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.

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We often confuse spiritual knowledge with spiritual attainment. Spirituality is not a matter of knowing scriptures and engaging in philosophical discussions. It is a matter of heart culture, of unmeasurable strength.

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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

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That's an interesting philosophical question. When your boner goes away, is that one gone... forever?

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for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use

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From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!

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The myriad-minded man, our, and all men's, Shakespeare, has in this piece presented us with a legitimate farce in exactest consonance with the philosophical principles and character of farce, as distinguished from comedy and from entertainments. A proper farce is mainly distinguished from comedy by the licence allowed, and even required, in the fable, in order to produce strange and laughable situations. The story need not be probable, it is enough that it is possible.

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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

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What one has, one ought to use: and whatever he does he should do with all his might.

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.

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All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

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Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.

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