--- title: "Best Earth Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "51 Earth quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Earth sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_astonishment_in-every-landscape-the-point-of-astonish_927819.png" --- > [In every landscape, the point of astonishment is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and that is seen from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-every-landscape-the-point-of-astonishment-is-the-meeting-of-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_astonishment_in-every-landscape-the-point-of-astonish_927819.png) > [Sport is the bloom and glow of a perfect health. The great will not condescend to take anything seriously; all must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/sport-is-the-bloom-and-glow-of-a-perfect-health-the-great-will-not/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_building_sport-is-the-bloom-and-glow-of-a-perfect_1734976.png) > [The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-glory-of-the-farmer-is-that-in-the-division-of-labors-it-is-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6c/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_the-glory-of-the-farmer-is-that-in-the-d_916052.png) > [I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-have-come-to-believe-that-the-whole-world-is-an-enigma-a-harmless/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aim_i-have-come-to-believe-that-the-whole-wo_730428.png) > [The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-lover-of-nature-is-he-whose-inward-and-outward-senses-are-still-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_delight_the-lover-of-nature-is-he-whose-inward-a_1497098.png) > [A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-is-known-by-the-books-he-reads-by-the-company-he-keeps-by-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5aa/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_affinity_a-man-is-known-by-the-books-he-reads-by_120212.png) > [Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/daughter-of-heaven-and-earth-coy-spring-with-sudden-passion/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_barren_daughter-of-heaven-and-earth-coy-spring_2163806.png) > [Behold the Sea, The opaline, the plentiful and strong, Yet beautiful as is the rose in June, Fresh as the trickling rainbow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/behold-the-sea-the-opaline-the-plentiful-and-strong-yet-beautiful-as/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ab/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beautiful_behold-the-sea-the-opaline-the-plentiful_1892276.png) > [Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching. The simplest utterances are worthiest to bewritten, yet are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/converse-with-a-mind-that-is-grandly-simple-and-literature-looks-like/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccd/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_converse-with-a-mind-that-is-grandly-sim_828820.png) > [The earth is a machine which yields almost gratuitous service to every application of intellect. Every plant is a manufacturer of soil.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-earth-is-a-machine-which-yields-almost-gratuitous-service-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/621/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_the-earth-is-a-machine-which-yields-almo_1943443.png) > [The etymologist finds the deadest word to have been once a brilliant picture. Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-etymologist-finds-the-deadest-word-to-have-been-once-a-brilliant-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_brilliant_the-etymologist-finds-the-deadest-word-t_2408474.jpg) ## Other authors on Earth - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neil-degrasse-tyson-70683.jpg) Neil deGrasse Tyson 90 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/neil-degrasse-tyson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 80 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-carl-sagan-20994.jpg) Carl Sagan 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/carl-sagan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 65 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 59 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/frederick-lenz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 54 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 46 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/barack-obama/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 44 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 39 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/charles-dickens/) ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earth/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "Best Earth Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In every landscape, the point of astonishment is the meeting of the sky and the earth, and that is seen from the first hillock aswell as from the top of the Alleghanies. 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