"Every ship is a romantic object, except..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know”
“Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner, or before taking their rest; when they are sick or aged. In the morning, or when their intellect or their conscience has been aroused, when they hear music, or when they read poetry, they are radicals.”
“Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.”
More on Perspective
“We are all one Energy Stream, but what makes the separations or distinguishes the differences is perspective. You are a unique and individual perspective.”
“Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.”
“No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that has accumulated since, in spite of the fact that children are now comparatively sanely treated, no novelist has shown the same power of entering into the child's point of view.”
More on Romanticism
“The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.”
“I'm the girl who still believes prince charming exists somewhere out there.”
“A cynic is a kind of romantic who has aged.”