Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
‘Tis a Dutch proverb, that “paint costs nothing,” such are its preserving qualities in damp climates. Well, sunshine costs less, yet is finer pigment. And so of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. The latent heat of an ounce of wood or stone is inexhaustible. You […]
The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.
Every man is wanted, and no man is wanted much.
We believe that the defects of so many perverse and so many frivolous people, who make up society, are organic, and society is a hospital of incurables.
The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech.
If you would not be known to do anything, never do it.
Blame is safer than praise.
Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and rootpuller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.
Life is too short to waste In critic peep or cynic bark, Quarrel or reprimand: ‘Twill soon be dark; Up! mind thine own aim, and God speed the mark!