 | Edward Upham - 1827 - 396 pages
...felt the hope and assurance that it might yet pass away. He often quoted the wise saying of Ziyad, " Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee, therefore be at rest from seeking after it." But while his lips poured forth the sentiment, his heart wandered far away from its practice. The errors,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1841 - 408 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 400 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 384 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man is put. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Joseph Turnley - 1850 - 536 pages
...father, and thy son will honour thee. 13. The enjoyment and delight of life consisteth in security. 14. The order of a wise man is the highest of orders....self] from its appetite, is the greatest holy war. 17. Consider well the consequences, and thou shalt escape from all false steps. 20. Thy delight in... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, "is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1853 - 214 pages
...perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes. " Thy lot or portion of life," said the Caliph Ali, " is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it." Our dependence on these foreign goods leads us to our slavish respect for numbers. The political parties... | |
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14. The order of a wise man is the highest of orders. 15. Thy lot [or portion of life] is seeking after thee ; therefore be at rest from seeking after it. 16. The restraining the soul [or self] from its appetite, is the greatest holy war. 
