December 2010
60 posts
Dec 31st
Dec 31st
“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via daydreamer15)
Dec 31st
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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via daydreamer15)
Dec 31st
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“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship: An Essay (via dancepartyplus)
Dec 30th
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“I do not wish to treat friendships daintily, but with roughest courage. When...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship: An Essay (via dancepartyplus)
Dec 30th
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“Hitch your wagon to a star.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via kari-shma)
Dec 27th
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"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...
Dec 25th
"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...
Dec 25th
“
All mankind love a lover.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via isthatwhattheysaid)
Dec 23rd
“
All mankind love a lover.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via isthatwhattheysaid)
Dec 23rd
“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via falconwing11)
Dec 23rd
“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via falconwing11)
Dec 23rd
“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty…”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via madeinyou)
Dec 22nd
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“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty…”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via madeinyou)
Dec 22nd
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Meanwhile, back at Ralph's annual Christmas...
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Dec 22nd
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Meanwhile, back at Ralph's annual Christmas...
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Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via evildemonllama)
Dec 22nd
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“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via evildemonllama)
Dec 22nd
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“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all...”
–  Ralph Waldo Emerson (via bookgal143)
Dec 21st
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“Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all...”
–  Ralph Waldo Emerson (via bookgal143)
Dec 21st
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“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via simply-quotes)
Dec 21st
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“Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via petitpoulailler)
Dec 20th
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“Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via petitpoulailler)
Dec 20th
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“What you are comes to you.”
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
Dec 20th
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“What you are comes to you.”
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via fuckyeahkickassquotes)
Dec 20th
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“Every wall is a door.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thequotebank)
Dec 19th
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“Every wall is a door.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thequotebank)
Dec 19th
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“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via jsblue)
Dec 19th
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“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via jsblue)
Dec 19th
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“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via iwantadventure-)
Dec 19th
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“Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via iwantadventure-)
Dec 19th
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“We want fire; a little less mutton and a little more genius.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via underthechinaberrytree)
Dec 18th
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“We want fire; a little less mutton and a little more genius.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via underthechinaberrytree)
Dec 18th
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“Earth laughs in flowers.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via wittysayings)
Dec 18th
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“Earth laughs in flowers.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via wittysayings)
Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via dailyinspiredthoughts)
Dec 17th
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“Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via messybutclean)
Dec 16th
“From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes...”
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via noornalini)
Dec 16th
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“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thatjusthappenedbro)
Dec 16th
“Give all to love; obey thy heart.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via thatjusthappenedbro)
Dec 16th
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via overponder)
Dec 16th
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“Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via flyfishfly)
Dec 16th
“Sorrow makes us all children again - destroys all differences of intellect. The...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via flyfishfly)
Dec 16th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
“From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes...”
– ~Ralph Waldo Emerson (via noornalini)
Dec 14th
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