--- title: "15 Intelligent Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "15 Intelligent quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Intelligent sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_destiny_intellect-annuls-fate-so-far-as-a-man-th_2280315.png" --- > [Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks he is free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/intellect-annuls-fate-so-far-as-a-man-thinks-he-is-free/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/807/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_destiny_intellect-annuls-fate-so-far-as-a-man-th_2280315.png) > [If a man's eye is on the Eternal, his intellect will grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-a-man-s-eye-is-on-the-eternal-his-intellect-will-grow/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea7/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_eternal_if-a-man-s-eye-is-on-the-eternal-his-int_1486474.png) > [Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/law-rules-throughout-existence-a-law-which-is-not-intelligent-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d33/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_existence_law-rules-throughout-existence-a-law-whi_518404.png) > [A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-cheerful-intelligent-face-is-the-end-of-culture/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4d/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cheerful_a-cheerful-intelligent-face-is-the-end-o_789546.png) > [If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-encounter-a-man-of-rare-intellect-we-should-ask-him-what-books/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/314/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_if-we-encounter-a-man-of-rare-intellect_855178.png) > [A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-sage-is-the-instructor-of-a-hundred-ages/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_age_a-sage-is-the-instructor-of-a-hundred-ag_2194103.png) > [The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-intelligent-have-a-right-over-the-ignorant-namely-the-right-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_ignorant_the-intelligent-have-a-right-over-the-ig_1023205.png) > [A cheerful intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough. For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-cheerful-intelligent-face-is-the-end-of-culture-and-success-enough/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cheerful_a-cheerful-intelligent-face-is-the-end-o_319499.png) > [Life is very narrow. Bring any club or company of intelligent men together again after ten years, and if the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-is-very-narrow-bring-any-club-or-company-of-intelligent-men/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_business_life-is-very-narrow-bring-any-club-or-co_2627175.png) > [It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-a-sign-of-our-times-conspicuous-to-the-coarsest-observer-that/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/868/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_caucus_it-is-a-sign-of-our-times-conspicuous-to_1457200.jpg) > [Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-act-of-the-man-inscribes-itself-in-the-memories-of-his-fellows/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/279/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_air_every-act-of-the-man-inscribes-itself-in_1412661.png) > [A man cannot utter two or three sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought, whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-utter-two-or-three-sentences-without-disclosing-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_duty_a-man-cannot-utter-two-or-three-sentence_2144876.png) > [The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-trail-of-the-serpent-reaches-into-all-the-lucrative-professions/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2a/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acceptance_the-trail-of-the-serpent-reaches-into-al_894509.jpg) > [Shakespeare carries us to such a lofty strain of intelligent activity, as to suggest a wealth which beggars his own; and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shakespeare-carries-us-to-such-a-lofty-strain-of-intelligent-activity/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_activity_shakespeare-carries-us-to-such-a-lofty-s_792903.png) > [The intelligent have a right over the ignorant, namely, the right of instructing them. The right punishment of one out of tune,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-intelligent-have-a-right-over-the-ignorant-namely-the-right-of-2/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_education_the-intelligent-have-a-right-over-the-ig_1923180.jpg) ## Other authors on Intelligent ## 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/intelligent/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Intelligent Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Intellect annuls fate. 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