The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The flowering of civilization is the finished man, the man of sense, of grace, of accomplishment, of social power--the gentleman. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A seashell should be the crest of England, not only because it represents a power built on the waves, but also the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The finished man of the world must eat of every apple at once. He must hold his hatreds also at arm's length,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Very few of our race can be said to be yet finished men. We still carry sticking to us some remains of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We must have kings, we must have nobles; nature is always providing such in every society; only let us have the real… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is a mischievous notion that we are come late into nature; that the world was finished a long time ago. As… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude… — 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
