When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is no king or sovereign state That can fix a hero's rate; Each to all is venerable. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party to which we adhere. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
How much we forgive to those who yield us the rare spectacle of heroic manners! We will pardon them the want of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Tis not important how the hero does this or this, but what he is. What he is will appear in every gesture… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
That for which Paul lived and died so gloriously; that for which Jesus gave himself to be crucified; the end that animated… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Will is the measure of power. To a great genius there must be a great will. If the thought is not a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the black man is feeble and not important to the existing races, not on a parity with the best race, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The hero sees that the event is ancillary: it must follow him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share
