Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.
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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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It is time to be old, To take in sail: - The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: 'No more!
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
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Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.
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The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
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I have lost my mental faculties but am perfectly well.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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Heroism feels and never reasons and therefore is always right.
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Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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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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We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
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The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.
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A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
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Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
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Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.