There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth it is the beginning of wisdom. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth it is the beginning of wisdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Related topics

beginning idea man time wealth wisdom

Related quotes

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. View quote
Charles Darwin
It is impossible for a man to be freed from the habit of sin before he hates it, just as it is impossible to receive forgiveness before confessing his trespasses. View quote
Ignatius of Antioch
Let us, therefore, foresake the vanity of the crowd and their false teachings, and turn back to the word delivered to us from the beginning. View quote
Polycarp
A man should pray that God grant him, the possibility of doing a kind act, or say a kind word. Every good deed comes from God, and without Him, men cannot do them. View quote
Gabriel Urgebadze