--- title: "9 Guides Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "9 Guides quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Guides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-wil_2746354.png" --- > [The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-will-not-accept-a-wooden-rudder/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-wil_2746354.png) > [The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to-raise-and-to-guide-men-by/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_american-scholar_the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to_2981536.png) > [In the true mythology, Love is an immortal child, and Beauty leads him as a guide; nor can we express a deeper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immortal-child-and-beauty-leads-him/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beauty_in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immorta_1451849.jpg) > [Thus is man made equal to every event. He can face danger for the right. A poor, tender, painful body, he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/thus-is-man-made-equal-to-every-event-he-can-face-danger-for-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b6/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_body_thus-is-man-made-equal-to-every-event-he_36503.png) > [We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-are-never-without-a-pilot-when-we-know-not-how-to-steer-and-dare/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/282/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_accepting_we-are-never-without-a-pilot-when-we-kno_793154.png) > [The religion which is to guide and fulfill the present and coming ages, whatever else it be, must be intellectual. The scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-religion-which-is-to-guide-and-fulfill-the-present-and-coming/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_age_the-religion-which-is-to-guide-and-fulfi_1952694.png) > [Yet things are knowable! They are knowable, because, being from one, things correspond. There is a scale: and the correspondence of heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/yet-things-are-knowable-they-are-knowable-because-being-from-one/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_astronomy_yet-things-are-knowable-they-are-knowabl_2041599.jpg) > [The death of a dear friend, wife, brother, lover, which seemed nothing but privation, somewhat later assumes the aspect of a guide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-death-of-a-dear-friend-wife-brother-lover-which-seemed-nothing/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aspect_the-death-of-a-dear-friend-wife-brother_1329744.jpg) > [The spirit only can teach. Not any profane man, not any sensual, not any liar, not any slave can teach, but only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-spirit-only-can-teach-not-any-profane-man-not-any-sensual-not-any/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aim_the-spirit-only-can-teach-not-any-profan_2664472.jpg) ## Other authors on Guides ## 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/guides/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "9 Guides Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-will-not-accept-a-wooden-rudder/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-wil_2746354.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-wil_2746354.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-ship-of-heaven-guides-itself-and-wil_2746354.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to-raise-and-to-guide-men-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_american-scholar_the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to_2981536.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_american-scholar_the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to_2981536.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_american-scholar_the-office-of-the-scholar-is-to-cheer-to_2981536.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the true mythology, Love is an immortal child, and Beauty leads him as a guide; nor can we express a deeper sense than when we say, Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immortal-child-and-beauty-leads-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beauty_in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immorta_1451849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beauty_in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immorta_1451849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_beauty_in-the-true-mythology-love-is-an-immorta_1451849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the true mythology, Love is an immortal child, and Beauty leads him as a guide; nor can we express a…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Thus is man made equal to every event. 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