Forever Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

15 Forever quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Emerson’s timeless musings on eternity appear in fifteen succinct statements. They echo his belief that the infinite lives within the everyday, offering a thoughtful pause for contemplation.

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Greatness once and forever has down with opinion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success.

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Excellence is the new forever.

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I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.

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A part of fate is the freedom of man. Forever wells up the impulse of choosing and acting in his soul.

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This one fact the world hates; that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all…

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Henceforth, please God, forever I forego the yolk of men's opinions. I will be light-hearted as a bird and live with God.…

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Overhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making…

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Every discourse is an approximate answer: but it is of small consequence, that we do not get it into verbs and nouns,…

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Only the great generalizations survive. The sharp words of the Declaration of Independence, lampooned then and since as 'glittering generalities,' have turned…

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Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done…

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Nothing is arbitrary, nothing is insulated in beauty. It depends forever on the necessary and the useful. The plumage of the bird,…

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Cities force growth and make men talkative and entertaining, but they make them artificial. What possesses interest for us is thenatural of…

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We ought to be cautious in taking even the best ascertained opinions and practices of the primitive Church for our own. If…

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Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike…

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Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.

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The order of things consents to virtue.

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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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…

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