Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.
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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.
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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.
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Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.