“The motive of science was the extension of man, on all sides, into Nature, till his hands should touch the stars.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)
Beauty (Primary source)
In Beauty, Emerson explores how beauty in nature and art reflects a deeper spiritual truth and moral order. He argues that true beauty is not just aesthetic pleasure but a manifestation of the divine, elevating the soul and inspiring virtue.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“The law of nature is, Do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
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“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.”
— Leonardo da Vinci (verified)“If a man owns land, the land owns him.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (verified)“No man ever was glorious who was not laborious.”
— Benjamin Franklin (verified)“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway (verified)