They (the days) come and go like muffled and veiled figures sent from a distant friendly party; but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Quotes by Famous People Around the World
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Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will |
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It is very unhappy, but too late to be helped, the discovery we have made, that we exist |
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Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel |
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The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech |
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Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. |
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A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence |
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An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere |
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No facts to me are sacred; none are profane. |
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We love force and we care very little how it is exhibited |
