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Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tell them dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,Then ... Read Full Quote
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to ... Read Full Quote
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what yo ... Read Full Quote
All life is an experiment. ... Read Full Quote
It is not length of life, but depth of life. ... Read Full Quote
The years teach much which the days never knew. ... Read Full Quote
All mankind love a lover. ... Read Full Quote
Men are what their mothers made them. ... Read Full Quote
We aim above the mark to hit the mark. ... Read Full Quote
Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon- ... Read Full Quote
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where the ... Read Full Quote
People only see what they are prepared to see. ... Read Full Quote
He who has a thousand friendsHas not a friend to spare, ... Read Full Quote
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ... Read Full Quote
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, ... Read Full Quote
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what ... Read Full Quote
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, ... Read Full Quote
The only way to have a friend is to be one. ... Read Full Quote
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, ... Read Full Quote
To laugh often and much to win the respect of intellige ... Read Full Quote
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny ma ... Read Full Quote
Far or forgot to me is nearShadow and sunlight are the ... Read Full Quote
So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is sp ... Read Full Quote
The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety fro ... Read Full Quote
One man's justice is another's injustice one man's beau ... Read Full Quote
Great men are they who see that the spiritual is strong ... Read Full Quote
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rig ... Read Full Quote
For everything you have missed, you have gained somethi ... Read Full Quote
Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose ... Read Full Quote
To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined ... Read Full Quote
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard and m ... Read Full Quote
This world we live in is but thickened light. ... Read Full Quote
Life is eating us up. We shall be fables presently. Kee ... Read Full Quote
To fill the hour-that is happiness. ... Read Full Quote
Skill to do comes of doing. ... Read Full Quote
A man is related to all nature. ... Read Full Quote
Only those books come down which deserve to last . All ... Read Full Quote
I have heard with admiring submission the experience of ... Read Full Quote
Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind. ... Read Full Quote
Finish each day before you begin the next, and interpos ... Read Full Quote
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good ... Read Full Quote
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, f ... Read Full Quote
It seems to me that perfection of means and confusion o ... Read Full Quote
The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counte ... Read Full Quote
There are always those who think they know what is your ... Read Full Quote
Money often costs too much. ... Read Full Quote
Never read a book that is not a year old. ... Read Full Quote
Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke th ... Read Full Quote
A chief event in life is the day in which we have encou ... Read Full Quote
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a God playing the ... Read Full Quote
Life is a festival only to the wise. ... Read Full Quote
The less government we have the better. ... Read Full Quote
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children ... Read Full Quote
The angels are so enamoured of the language that is spo ... Read Full Quote
The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thin ... Read Full Quote
Do not say things. What you are stands over you the whi ... Read Full Quote
Be and not seem. ... Read Full Quote
Character is what can do without success. ... Read Full Quote
Each man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat h ... Read Full Quote
What is the hardest thing in the world To think. ... Read Full Quote
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. A ... Read Full Quote
The reliance on property is...the want of self-reliance ... Read Full Quote
What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equa ... Read Full Quote
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. ... Read Full Quote
Truth is beautiful, without doubt but so are lies. ... Read Full Quote
I like the silent church before the service begins, bet ... Read Full Quote
To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all thin ... Read Full Quote
Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strych ... Read Full Quote
Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still ... Read Full Quote
They say the cows laid out Boston. Well, there are wors ... Read Full Quote
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second ... Read Full Quote
The world is emblematic. Parts of speech are metaphors ... Read Full Quote
The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought ... Read Full Quote
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions ... Read Full Quote
Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. Al ... Read Full Quote
Thought is the blossom language the bud action the frui ... Read Full Quote
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ... Read Full Quote
Life is a progress, and not a station. ... Read Full Quote
Real friendship is shown in times of trouble prosperity ... Read Full Quote
All life is an experiment. The more experiments yoiu ma ... Read Full Quote
A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without ... Read Full Quote
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diam ... Read Full Quote
The god of the cannibals will be a cannibal, of the cru ... Read Full Quote
Some have been thought brave because they were afraid t ... Read Full Quote
What greater pain could mortals have than this To see t ... Read Full Quote
It is not death or pain that is to be dreaded, but the ... Read Full Quote
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good. ... Read Full Quote
Each man has his own vocation his talent is his call. T ... Read Full Quote
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is meta ... Read Full Quote
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to ... Read Full Quote
What is a weed A plant whose virtues have never been di ... Read Full Quote
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam that ... Read Full Quote
Thought is the seed of action. ... Read Full Quote
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. ... Read Full Quote
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. ... Read Full Quote
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. ... Read Full Quote
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behav ... Read Full Quote
All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the powe ... Read Full Quote
All our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. ... Read Full Quote
When it is darkest, men see the stars. ... Read Full Quote
Every burned book or house enlightens the world every s ... Read Full Quote
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his a ... Read Full Quote
We know better than we do. We do not yet possess oursel ... Read Full Quote
Unless you try to do something beyond what you have alr ... Read Full Quote
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learn ... Read Full Quote
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in caus ... Read Full Quote
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, ... Read Full Quote
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not lea ... Read Full Quote
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only ... Read Full Quote
Truth is the summit of being justice is the application ... Read Full Quote
Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than h ... Read Full Quote
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before ... Read Full Quote
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we ca ... Read Full Quote
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can ... Read Full Quote
Love and you shall be loved. ... Read Full Quote
No facts are to me sacred none are profane I simply exp ... Read Full Quote
It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a pr ... Read Full Quote
The man is only half himself, the other half is his exp ... Read Full Quote
What we call results are beginnings. ... Read Full Quote
This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we bu ... Read Full Quote
Knowledge exists to be imparted. ... Read Full Quote
Insist on yourself never imitate. Your own gift you can ... Read Full Quote
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world ... Read Full Quote
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. ... Read Full Quote
A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of natu ... Read Full Quote
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour i ... Read Full Quote
The things taught in colleges and schools are not an ed ... Read Full Quote
We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree b ... Read Full Quote
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the so ... Read Full Quote
Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do ... Read Full Quote
Love is the essence of God. ... Read Full Quote
A good intention clothes itself with power. ... Read Full Quote
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior stat ... Read Full Quote
Light is the first of painters. There is no object so f ... Read Full Quote
Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. ... Read Full Quote
I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends. ... Read Full Quote
The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool. ... Read Full Quote
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, n ... Read Full Quote
We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us ... Read Full Quote
It is very hard to be simple enough to be good. ... Read Full Quote
In England every man you meet is some man's son in Amer ... Read Full Quote
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis. ... Read Full Quote
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is fr ... Read Full Quote
Spiritual force is stronger than material force thought ... Read Full Quote
The reason why all men honor love is because it looks u ... Read Full Quote
I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will ... Read Full Quote
I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than o ... Read Full Quote
A man's wife has more power over him than the state has ... Read Full Quote
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but ... Read Full Quote
The education of the will is the object of our existenc ... Read Full Quote
Be careful what you set your heart on, for it will sure ... Read Full Quote
Every man I meet is in some way my superior. ... Read Full Quote
Hitch your wagon to a star. ... Read Full Quote
Always do what you are afraid to do. ... Read Full Quote
To be great is to be misunderstood. ... Read Full Quote
Fame is proof that people are gullible. ... Read Full Quote
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own ... Read Full Quote
All conservatives are such from personal defects. They ... Read Full Quote
We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms ... Read Full Quote
In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their ... Read Full Quote
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offe ... Read Full Quote
Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man wh ... Read Full Quote
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of ... Read Full Quote
The Religion that is afraid of science dishonors God an ... Read Full Quote
A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save ... Read Full Quote
Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming t ... Read Full Quote
Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god o ... Read Full Quote
Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, ... Read Full Quote
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you ... Read Full Quote
If you can not find the truth right where you are, wher ... Read Full Quote
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know h ... Read Full Quote
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will ... Read Full Quote
If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to se ... Read Full Quote
A weed is just a plant whose virtues have not yet been ... Read Full Quote
Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is ... Read Full Quote
The only reward of virtue is virtue the only way to hav ... Read Full Quote
What would be the use of immortality to a person who ca ... Read Full Quote
In the woods is perpetual youth. ... Read Full Quote
So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, ... Read Full Quote
Adopt the pace of nature. ... Read Full Quote
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is tr ... Read Full Quote
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. ... Read Full Quote
I used to always think that I'd look back on us crying ... Read Full Quote
He then learns that in going down into the secrets of h ... Read Full Quote
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind f ... Read Full Quote
Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this ... Read Full Quote
Children are all foreigners. ... Read Full Quote
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is bra ... Read Full Quote
Every hero becomes a bore at last. ... Read Full Quote
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. A ... Read Full Quote
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the ... Read Full Quote
If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the univers ... Read Full Quote
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ... Read Full Quote
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air ... Read Full Quote
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity gu ... Read Full Quote
Every sweet has its sour every evil its good. ... Read Full Quote
Insist on yourself never imitate... Every great man is ... Read Full Quote
Give all to love obey thy heart. ... Read Full Quote
I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, ... Read Full Quote
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my fr ... Read Full Quote
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making ... Read Full Quote
Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life h ... Read Full Quote
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to ... Read Full Quote
The world belongs to the energetic. ... Read Full Quote
The only gift is a portion of thyself. ... Read Full Quote
The ancestor of every action is a thought. ... Read Full Quote
The end of the human race will be that it will eventual ... Read Full Quote
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. ... Read Full Quote
There is no den in the wide world to hide a rogue. Comm ... Read Full Quote
Tis the good reader that makes the good book. ... Read Full Quote
We do what we must, and call it by the best names. ... Read Full Quote
When you strike at a king, you must kill him. ... Read Full Quote
Whoever is open, loyal, true of humane and affable deme ... Read Full Quote
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Ch ... Read Full Quote
Wit makes its own welcome and levels all distinctions. ... Read Full Quote
Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first ... Read Full Quote
Every artist was first an amateur. ... Read Full Quote
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plai ... Read Full Quote
When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of ... Read Full Quote
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have l ... Read Full Quote
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach th ... Read Full Quote
Trust men and they will be true to you treat them great ... Read Full Quote
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees n ... Read Full Quote
Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or ... Read Full Quote
None of us will every accomplish anything excellent or ... Read Full Quote
The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from ... Read Full Quote
In the highest civilization, the book is still the high ... Read Full Quote
As we grow oldthe beauty steals inward. ... Read Full Quote
A man builds a fine house and now he has a master, and ... Read Full Quote
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. ... Read Full Quote
As soon as there is life there is danger. ... Read Full Quote