 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau - 1994 - 148 pages
...the end of Nature Emerson sums up this necessity for truly opening our eyes to the world by saying, "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." In these important ways Emerson inaugurated the characteristic voice of American nature writing. Yet... | |
 | Andrew J Davis - 1996 - 412 pages
...relations, and see it in the light of thought, shall, at the same time, kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections, then will God go forth anew into the creation." Through all these years, and through all the toils and trials and joys of these years, there walked... | |
 | Lee Rust Brown - 1997 - 306 pages
...regard to the nature of his own given field of production. The end of Nature recommends precisely this: "It will not need, when the mind is prepared for study,...of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common" (GW1:44). In his life at Concord, Emerson worked to teach himself the hardest thing: how to stay awake... | |
 | Vicki Mahaffey - 1998 - 295 pages
...learn to be more responsive to particular aspects of the present. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." What Emerson does not say is how we can learn to see the miraculous in the common: through thoughtful play... | |
 | Michael J. McClymond - 1998 - 207 pages
...with the blowing clover and the falling rain." Essays and Lectures, 80. In Nature, Emerson writes: "The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common." Essays and Lectures, 47. 66. Schleiermacher, Speeches, 48. Emerson stressed the need for firsthand... | |
 | M. J. Ryan - 1999 - 206 pages
...joy." Then think of all that you have accomplished today and celebrate each feat, no matter its size. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. — RALPH WALDO EMERSON Y3ung children are such exuberant, joy-filled crea:ures, eager to embrace life... | |
 | Michael Reagan - 1999 - 172 pages
...relations, and see it in the light of thought, shall, at the same time, kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections, then will God go forth anew into the creation. RALPH WALDO EMERSON +**• * Nature A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect... | |
 | Chaim Stern - 2000 - 388 pages
...in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Belzer Rebbe said: We often observe how thoroughly the wicked plan a deed,... | |
 | Chrissie Blaze - 2001 - 202 pages
...journal.Write down any experiences or feelings. Day Seven: AS Day Six. step Two Refreshing the Soul The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. — Ralph Waldo Emerson It takes a disciplined spirit to endure the monastery on Mount Serat in Spain.... | |
 | Huston Smith - 2003 - 341 pages
...Such masters aside, do you helieve Emerson offered a signpost to the sacred with his contention that the invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common? Smith: He's right. I wonder if tribal peoples, being closer to nature than we are, do betrer at that... | |
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But when a faithful thinker, resolute to detach every object from personal relations, and see it in the light of thought, shall, at the same time, kindle science with the fire of the holiest affections, then will God go forth anew into the creation. It... 
