What did Ralph Waldo Emerson mean by: Great conversation … requires an absolute running of two souls into one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA Copy
+ God screens us evermore from premature ideas. Feraz Zeid, July 15, 2023December 12, 2023, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ideas, Screens, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ We are symbols, and inhabit symbols. Feraz Zeid, July 21, 2023December 12, 2023, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Symbols, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Extremes, Humility, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Good Man, Happiness, Sacrifice, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Doing well is the result of doing good. That’s what capitalism is all about. Feraz Zeid, September 22, 2023December 29, 2023, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Capitalism, Good, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ Beauty rests on necessities. Feraz Zeid, August 30, 2023December 26, 2023, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Beauty, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Effort, Impact, Presence, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
+ The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Progress, 0 - Ralph Waldo Emerson Philosopher · USA
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France