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title: "28 Masters Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson"
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> [The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-passive-master-lent-his-hand-to-the-vast-soul-which-o-er-him/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-artist-always-has-the-masters-in-his-eyes/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [All the elements, whose aid man calls in, will sometimes become big masters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-the-elements-whose-aid-man-calls-in-will-sometimes-become-big/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [In the vaunted works of Art, The master-stroke is Nature's part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-the-vaunted-works-of-art-the-master-stroke-is-nature-s-part/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-the-spirit-is-not-master-of-the-world-then-it-is-its-dupe/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-builds-a-fine-house-and-now-he-has-a-master-and-a-task-for-life-2/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Best masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/best-masters-for-the-young-writer-and-speaker-are-the-fault-finding/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Some men love only to talk where they are masters. They like to go to school-girls, or to boys, or into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/some-men-love-only-to-talk-where-they-are-masters-they-like-to-go-to/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [When the Master of the universe has points to carry in his government he impresses his will in the structure of minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-the-master-of-the-universe-has-points-to-carry-in-his-government/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion twenty years later.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-measure-of-a-master-is-his-success-in-bringing-all-men-around-to/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [In daily life what distinguishes the master is the using those materials he has, instead of looking about for what are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-daily-life-what-distinguishes-the-master-is-the-using-those/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/shall-i-tell-you-the-secret-of-the-true-scholar-it-is-this-every-man/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/practice-radical-humility-he-or-she-who-masters-the-art-of-humility/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/it-is-the-doctrine-of-the-popular-music-masters-that-whoever-can/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The masters painted for joy, and knew not that virtue had gone out of them. They could not paint the like in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-masters-painted-for-joy-and-knew-not-that-virtue-had-gone-out-of/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [The enthusiast always finds the master, the masters, whom he seeks. Always genius seeks genius, desires nothing so much as to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-enthusiast-always-finds-the-master-the-masters-whom-he-seeks/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [O friend, my bosom said, Through thee alone the sky is arched. Through thee the rose is red; All things through thee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/o-friend-my-bosom-said-through-thee-alone-the-sky-is-arched-through/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Give the slave the least elevation of religious sentiment, and he is not slave: you are the slave: he not only in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/give-the-slave-the-least-elevation-of-religious-sentiment-and-he-is/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [At present, man applies to nature but half his force. He works on the world with his understanding alone. He lives in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/at-present-man-applies-to-nature-but-half-his-force-he-works-on-the/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [All great masters are chiefly distinguished by the power of adding a second, a third, and perhaps a fourth step in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-great-masters-are-chiefly-distinguished-by-the-power-of-adding-a/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [What has been done in the world - the works of genius - cost nothing. There is no painful effort, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/what-has-been-done-in-the-world-the-works-of-genius-cost-nothing/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-stand-against-fate-as-children-stand-up-against-the-wall-in-their/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [All goes to show that the soul in man is not an organ, but animates and exercises all the organs; is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/all-goes-to-show-that-the-soul-in-man-is-not-an-organ-but-animates/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [There is a third silent party to all our bargains. The nature and soul of things takes on itself the guaranty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-a-third-silent-party-to-all-our-bargains-the-nature-and-soul/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Culture is the suggestion, from certain best thoughts, that a man has a range of affinities through which he can modulate the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/culture-is-the-suggestion-from-certain-best-thoughts-that-a-man-has-a/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Painting seems to be to the eye what dancing is to the limbs. When that has educated the frame to self-possession, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/painting-seems-to-be-to-the-eye-what-dancing-is-to-the-limbs-when/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [There never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-never-was-a-strong-character-that-was-not-made-strong-by/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Our people are slow to learn the wisdom of sending character instead of talent to Congress. Again and again they have sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/our-people-are-slow-to-learn-the-wisdom-of-sending-character-instead/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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## Other authors on Masters

## 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/)

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