The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A great man scarcely knows how he dines, how he dresses; but without railing or precision, his living is natural and poetic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Our culture, therefore, must not omit the arming of the man. Let him hear in season, that he is born into the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The have a good friend is one of the greatest delights of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Living without Laughing isn't living. Be silly. Be honest. Be Kind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In every man's memory, with the hours when life culminated are usually associated certain books which met his views. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or grand moments, that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We want men and women who shall renovate life and our social state but we see that most natures are insolvent, cannot… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is about your outlook towards life. You can either regret or rejoice. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
They can conquer who believe they can. He has not learned the first lesson in life who does not every day surmount… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The purpose of life seems to be to acquaint a man with himself and whatever science or art or course of action… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another without helping… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whatever events in progress shall disgust men with cities, and infuse into them the passion for country life, and country pleasures, will… — 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
