December 2010
60 posts
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via daydreamer15)
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via daydreamer15)
I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship: An Essay (via dancepartyplus)
I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship: An Essay (via dancepartyplus)
Hitch your wagon to a star.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
"Gifts", essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson →
We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming. Some violence, I think, is done, some degradation borne, when I rejoice or grieve at a gift. I am sorry when my independence is invaded or when a gift comes from such as do not know my spirit, and so the act is not supported; and if the gift pleases me overmuch, then I should be ashamed that the donor should read my...
"Gifts", essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson →
We are either glad or sorry at a gift, and both emotions are unbecoming. Some violence, I think, is done, some degradation borne, when I rejoice or grieve at a gift. I am sorry when my independence is invaded or when a gift comes from such as do not know my spirit, and so the act is not supported; and if the gift pleases me overmuch, then I should be ashamed that the donor should read my...
All mankind love a lover.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via isthatwhattheysaid)
All mankind love a lover.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via isthatwhattheysaid)
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via falconwing11)
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via falconwing11)
To the attentive eye,
each moment of the year
has its own beauty…
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via madeinyou)
To the attentive eye,
each moment of the year
has its own beauty…
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via madeinyou)
Meanwhile, back at Ralph's annual Christmas...
fuckyeahtranscendentalism:
Meanwhile, back at Ralph's annual Christmas...
fuckyeahtranscendentalism:
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via evildemonllama)
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via evildemonllama)
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via bookgal143)
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via bookgal143)
Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via simply-quotes)
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via petitpoulailler)
Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via petitpoulailler)
What you are comes to you.
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
What you are comes to you.
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
Every wall is a door.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thequotebank)
Every wall is a door.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thequotebank)
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via jsblue)
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via jsblue)
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via iwantadventure-)
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via iwantadventure-)
We want fire; a little less mutton and a little more genius.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via underthechinaberrytree)
We want fire; a little less mutton and a little more genius.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via underthechinaberrytree)
Earth laughs in flowers.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via wittysayings)
Earth laughs in flowers.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via wittysayings)
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via messybutclean)
From within or from behind,
a light shines through us upon things,
and makes...
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via noornalini)
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thatjusthappenedbro)
Give all to love; obey thy heart.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thatjusthappenedbro)
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via overponder)
Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via flyfishfly)
Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via flyfishfly)
grapesofbroth-deactivated201111 asked: Ralph Waldo Emerson! Fuck yeah!
grapesofbroth-deactivated201111 asked: Ralph Waldo Emerson! Fuck yeah!
From within or from behind,
a light shines through us upon things,
and makes...
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via noornalini)