Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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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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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
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If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking.
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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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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
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Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.
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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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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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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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Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.