Nor has science sufficient humanity, so long as the naturalist overlooks the wonderful congruity which subsists between man and the world; of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nature may be as selfishly studied as trade. Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology; psychology, mesmerism (with intent to show where aour… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No one can read the history of astronomy without perceiving that Copernicus, Newton, Laplace, are not new men, or a new kind… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The first steps in Agriculture, Astronomy, Zoology, (those first steps which the farmer, the hunter, and the sailor take,) teach that nature's… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Overhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I am the owner of the sphere, Of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar's hand, and Plato's brain, Of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In every landscape, the point of astonishment is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and that is seen from the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The stars have us to bed: Night draws the curtain; which the sun withdraws. Music” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought. Because the history of nature is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Throughout the ages there have always been those who have been willing to go beyond the norms and reach for that unknown… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We begin with friendships, and all our youth is a reconnoitering and recruiting of the holy fraternity they shall combine for thesalvation… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Then, though I prize my friends, I cannot afford to talk with them and study their visions, lest I lose my own.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Astrology is astronomy brought down to Earth and applied toward the affairs of men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Of all tools, an observatory is the most sublime. . . . What is so good in a college as an observatory?… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The narrow sectarian cannot read astronomy with impunity. The creeds of his church shrivel like dried leaves at the door of the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
One man pins me to the wall, while with another I walk among the stars — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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 Image
