Home » Quote » Ralph Waldo Emerson » „Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.“ „Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.“ — Ralph Waldo Emerson Tags:IdeaMen Related quotes „They obeyed, as wise men do when a woman puts her foot down…“ — Terry Pratchett „Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.“ — Herodotus „That faith makes blessed under certain circumstances, that blessedness does not make of a fixed idea a true idea, that faith moves no mountains but puts mountains where there are none: a quick walk through a madhouse enlightens one sufficiently about this.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „Action men are the unvoluntary slaves of wise men.“ — Fernando Pessoa „Question (from a reader) : Will the Wise Goddess Athena overthrow Zeus and become the ruler of Olympus?Athena's answer : What an interesting idea… No, just kidding, Dad. Put away the lightning bolt.“ — Rick Riordan