"There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Desire | 2 bookmarks

"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Destiny | 6 bookmarks

"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Difficulties | 15 bookmarks

"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Difficulties | 7 bookmarks

"If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Discovery | 4 bookmarks

"Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Duty | 5 bookmarks

"Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Education | 8 bookmarks

"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Education | 12 bookmarks

"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Education | 6 bookmarks