It is the eye which makes the horizon.
More Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Self Esteem'It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. I knew a man of simple habits and earnest character who never put out his hands nor opened his lips to court the public, and having survived several rotten reputations of younger men, honor came at last and sat down with him upon his private bench from which he had never stirred.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many might go to Heaven with half the labor they go to hell.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man I meet is in some way my superior, and I can learn from him.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the highest civilization the book is still the highest delight.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
We can see well into the past we can guess shrewdly into the future but that which is rolled up and muffled in impenetrable folds is today.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.Abraham Lincoln
Oh, I see people everywhere. Some are celebs, but most of my friends are just regular people. The thing is, even celebs are normal people too. Just people.
Corey Feldman
Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new.
Og Mandino