Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we then feel that the splendid works which he has created, and which in other hours we extol as a sort of self-existent poetry, take no stronger hold of real nature than the shadow of a passing traveller on the rock. The inspiration which uttered itself in Hamlet and Lear could utter things as good from day to day, for ever.
God hides things by putting them near us. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
God hides things by putting them near us.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We pass for what we are. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
We pass for what we are.
Make youself necessary to someone. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make youself necessary to someone.
Some will always be above others. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some will always be above others.
Life is a festival only to the wise. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a festival only to the wise.
My hours are peaceful centuries. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
My hours are peaceful centuries.
You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power - Ralph Waldo Emerson
You do not get power so that you can go out and do things, you go out and do things and you will get the power
Nothing can be preserved that is not good. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing can be preserved that is not good.
The world we live in is but thickened light. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world we live in is but thickened light.
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