is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought. Here are the lungs of that inspiration which giveth man wisdom, of that inspiration of man which cannot be denied without impiety and atheism. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes... The Essay on Self-reliance - Page 31by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 59 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1907 - 574 pages
...events are only the outer expression; he shares the divine life, and therefore shares the Divine power. We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes...and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Chauncey Jeddie Hawkins - 1907 - 260 pages
...one has said that all his teaching might be summarized in Emerson's words: " We live in the lap of an immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth." But here is just where Maeterlinck differs from Emerson. To the Belgian, we rest in the lap of an immense... | |
| Chauncey Jeddie Hawkins - 1907 - 266 pages
...one has said that all his teaching might be summarized in Emerson's words: " We live in the lap of an immense intelligence, which makes us organs of its activity and receivers of its truth." But here is just where Maeterlinck differs from Emerson. To the Belgian, we rest in the lap of an immense... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 512 pages
...exist and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 508 pages
...exist and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 636 pages
...exist and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| 1909 - 540 pages
...exist and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 496 pages
...exist and afterwards see them as appearances in nature and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and the fountain of thought....and receivers of its truth. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams. If we ask whence... | |
| Alice Hubbard - 1911 - 462 pages
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