If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old… — 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… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The energy of the mind is commensurate with the work to be done.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Eloquence is the appropriate organ of the highest personal energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens. — 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
The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love, and reason visibly stream. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“It is a secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that, beyond the energy of his possessed and conscious intellect, he is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The two parties which divide the State, the party of Conservatism and that of Innovation are very old, and have disputed the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Repose and cheerfulness is the badge of the gentleman; repose in energy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Railroad iron is a magician's rod, in its power to evoke the sleeping energies of land and water. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If we suddenly plant our foot, and say, - I will neither eat nor drink nor wear nor touch any food or… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To help the young soul, to add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame; to redeem defeat by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity. All men, all things, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interior energy; only the precursor of the reason. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Physical force has no value, where there is nothing else. Snow in snow-banks, fire in volcanoes and solfataras is cheap. The luxury… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Many a reformer perishes in his removal of rubbish,--and that makes the offensiveness of the class. They are partial; they are notequal… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The city is always recruited from the country. The men in cities who are the centres of energy, the driving-wheels of trade,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I cannot find language of sufficient energy to convey my sense of the sacredness of private integrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame... — 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
