Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed.
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For what are they all, in their high conceit, When man in the bush with God may meet?
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
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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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He thought it happier to be dead, To die for Beauty, than live for bread.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
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Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.
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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.
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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.
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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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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
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The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
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Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain.
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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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Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
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The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.