"The great majority of men are bundles..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I believe it is the conviction of the purest men, that the net amount of man and man does not much vary. Each is incomparably superior to his companion in some faculty. His want of skill in other directions, has added to his fitness for his own work.”
“A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor's. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.”
“he who should inspire and lead his race must be defended from travelling with the souls of other men, from living, breathing, reading, and writing in the daily, time-worn yoke of their opinions.”
More on Potential
“You suppose you are the troubleBut you are the cureYou suppose that you are the lock on the doorBut you are the key that opens itIt's too bad that you want to be someone elseYou don't see your own face, your own beautyYet, no face is more beautiful than yours.”
“You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.”
“Remember. Every day, some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today, it's your turn.”
More on Humanity
“To the extent to which you know yourself, and we are all more alike than different, you can know others. When you love yourself, you will love others. And to the depth and extent to which you can love yourself, only to that depth and extent will you be able to love others.”
“I hope that at this moment you are thinking of yourself as a human being rather than as an American, Asian, European, African, or member of any particular country. These loyalties are secondary.”
“I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to me.”