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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every day, the sun; and, after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows. Every day, men and women, conversing, beholding and beholden. The scholar is he of all men whom this spectacle most engages. He must settle its value in his mind. What is nature to him?”

Book:Essays, lectures and orations

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Essays, lectures and orations

This book compiles a diverse range of essays, lectures, and orations, showcasing the intellectual discourse and thought leadership of the contributors across different fields and topics. more

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“In the daily lives of most men and women, fear plays a greater part than hope: they are more filled with the thought of the possessions that others may take from them, than of the joy that they might create in their own lives and in the lives with which they come in contact. It is not so that life should be lived.”

Men Should May Play Might Joy Greater Men And Women Filled Possession Contact Daily Life

Book:Proposed Roads to Freedom

Source: Proposed Roads to Freedom

“He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.”

Next Lost Miles Exit Funny Bumper Sticker

Author:Ian Mcewan

“Fixed formation is bad. Study this well.”

Wells Study Fixed Formation

Book:Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.

Source: Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.

“Good nature is, of all moral qualities, the one that the world needs most, and good nature is the result of ease and security, not of a life of arduous struggle.”

World Needs Results Quality Moral Struggle Security Ease Good Nature

Book:In Praise of Idleness

Source: In Praise of Idleness

“If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.”

People Ifs Looks Impact Focused General Knowledge

Author:Larry Page

“The really useful education is that which follows the direction of the child's own instinctive interests, supplying knowledge for which it is seeking, not dry, detailed information wholly out of relation to its spontaneous desires.”

Children Desire Interest Information Relation Seeking Dry Spontaneous

Book:Proposed Roads to Freedom

Source: Proposed Roads to Freedom

“Those whose lives are fruitful to themselves, to their friends, or to the world are inspired by hope and sustained by joy: they see in imagination the things that might be and the way in which they are to be brought into existence.”