"It is the secret of the world..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and afterward return again.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney comes out of the din and craft of the street and sees the sky and the woods, and is a man again. In their eternal calm, he finds himself.”
“This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear, with its hopes and invitations, to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”
“It is hard to mesmerize ourselves, to whip our own top; but through sympathy we are capable of energy and endurance. Concert fires people to a certain fury of performance they can rarely reach alone.”
More on Existence
“Something cannot be made out of nothing. Nor can something be made to go back to nothing.”
“There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.”
“Saying this, he turned his head toward the window as if he were trying to solve the problems of human existence by concentrating on the beauty of the universe.”
More on Immortality
“With my art, it's the one thing that I know will outlive me and outlive my feelings. It will outlive my depressive seasons.”
“Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date . . .”
“Everything has sprung from immortal life and is vibrating with life, for life is immense!”