Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hindhead: man hopes: genius creates.
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Let us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Power and speed be hands and feet.
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Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.
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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
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The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.
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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Reality is a sliding door.
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I wiped away the weeds and foam, And fetched my sea-born treasures home; But the poor, unsightly, noisome things Had left their beauty on the shore With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.
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The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
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In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.
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Coal is a portable climate.
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Only as far as the masters of the world have called in nature to their aid, can they reach the height of magnificence. This is the meaning of their hanging-gardens, villas, garden-houses, islands, parks, and preserves.
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By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.
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Solitude, the safeguard of mediocrity, is to genius the stern friend.
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The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.
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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
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Too busy with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.