"Why should I cumber myself with regrets..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why should I cumber myself with regrets that the receiver is not capacious? It never troubles the sun that some of his rays fall wide and vain into ungrateful space, and only a small part on the reflecting planet. Let your greatness educate the crude and cold companion.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“History no longer shall be a dull book. It shall walk incarnate in every just and wise man. You shall not tell me by language and titles a catalogue of the volumes you have read. You shall make me feel what periods you have lived.”
“People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.”
“There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom.”
More on Generosity
“A table full of welcome makes scarce one dainty dish.”
“If we should deal out justice only, in this world, who would escape? No, it is better to be generous, and in the end more profitable, for it gains gratitude for us, and love.”
“People are marvelous in their generosity, if they just know the cause is there.”
More on Self Expression
“All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.”
“O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.”
“I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.”