"The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Time Tags: wisdom More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere." "A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us." "In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine." More In Time "Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war."― Maria Montessori "Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time."― Charles M. Schulz "There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not anymore what you will become. It is what you are and always will be."― John Fowles