 The mind now thinks, now acts; and each fit reproduces the other. When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the fancy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended and books are a weariness — he has always the resource to live.  Essays, orations and lectures - Page 60by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 385 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 260 pages
...from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know as I have lived." . . . " The mind now thinks, now acts, and each fit reproduces...functionary. " The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - 1838 - 318 pages
...passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know as I have lived." ..." The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces...thoughts are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness,—he has always the resource to live. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the... | |
 | 1838 - 540 pages
...relative; profession and party, town and country, nation and world, must also soar and sing." And again : " The mind now thinks, now acts ; and each fit reproduces...materials — when the fancy no longer paints — when thought* are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness — he has always the resourceto live.... | |
 | 1838 - 536 pages
...books, is, that it is a resource." " The mind now thinks ; now acts; and each reproduces the other." " Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Living is the functionary." " Time shall teach him that the scholar loses no hour which the man lives." " There is virtue yet in... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1840 - 694 pages
...acts ; end eacli fit produces the other. When the artist has exhausted his materials, when the fimcy no longer paints, when thoughts are no longer apprehended,...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well us strong to think. Does lie lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks ; now acts; and each fit reproduces...thoughts are no longer apprehended, and books are a weariness—he has always the resource to live. Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 408 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 402 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks ; now acts ; and each fit reproduces...functionary. . The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, ,/ as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 404 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks; now acts; and each fit reproduces...is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function. Laving is the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1866 - 472 pages
...transmission and reflection," as Newton called them, are the law of nature because they are the law of spirit. The mind now thinks ; now acts ; and each fit reproduces...the functionary. The stream retreats to its source. A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Does he lack organ or medium to impart... | |
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