Ralph Waldo Emerson: Citáty v angličtine (page 2)

“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.”

“To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

“The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”

“Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.”

“Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house, a world; and beyond its world a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you: build, therefore, your own world.”

“There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat.”

“People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.”

“Life is to be lived, not controlled.”

“There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.”

“Words are finite organs of the infinite mind.”

“There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.”

“Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.”

“If the red slayer think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again.”

“In skating over thin ice our safety is our speed.”

“Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill?
Pay every debt, as if God wrote the bill!”

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”

“Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.”

“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends”

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”