Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Must we always talk for victory, and never once for truth, for comfort, and joy? — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Work and learn in evil days, in insulted days, in days of debt and depression and calamity. Fight best in the shade… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Action is the process whereby what is not fully formed passes into expressive consciousness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The French woman says, 'I am a woman and a Parisienne, and nothing foreign to me appears altogether human.' — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm… — 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
