Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding
Interpretation
Enthusiasm is a powerful force that cannot be quantified by mere intellect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes that enthusiasm is an energetic and inspiring force that transcends rational understanding. It ignites passion and creativity, suggesting that one's fervor and spirit are more significant than simply cognitive abilities or knowledge, making it essential for leading a fulfilling and impactful life.
In practice
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to inspire creativity in a team.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Most people are highly optimistic most of the time.
History by apprising them [the people] of the past will enable them to judge of the future. . . . It will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men: it will enable them to know ambition under every disguise it may assume; and knowing it, to defeat its views.
When you compare yourself with others in matters of wealth, position, and health, you should look at people less favoured than yourself. When you compare yourself with others in matters of religion, knowledge and virtue, look at people who are better than yourself.
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.
Any fool can know. The point is to understand.
You canβt get second things by putting them first. You get second things only by putting first things first.
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