Yet a man may love a paradox, without losing either his wit or his honesty. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
People forget that it is the eye which makes the horizon, and the rounding mind's eye which makes this or that man… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is said, no man can write but one book; and if a man have a defect, it is apt to leave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every man's condition is a solution in hieroglyph to those inquiries he would put. He acts it as life before he apprehends… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Universally, the better gold the worse man. The political economist defies us to show any gold mine country that is traversed by… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The right merchant is one who has the just average of faculties we call common sense; a man of a strong affinity… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I know nothing which life has to offer so satisfying as the profound good understanding, which can subsist, after much exchange ofgood… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the aristocrat is only valid in fashionable circles, and not with truckmen, he will never be a leader in fashion; and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Self-sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow. Do not go where the path may lead, go… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Let us not be too much acquainted. I would have a man enter his house through a hall filled with heroic and… — 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
