Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.
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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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Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, And all their botany is Latin names.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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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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He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.
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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.
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The reward of a thing well done is having done it.
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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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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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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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In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
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Every wall is a door.
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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
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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.