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> [There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-a-kind-of-latent-omniscience-not-only-in-every-man-but-in/)

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

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> [Each particle is a microcosm, and faithfully renders the likeness of the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/each-particle-is-a-microcosm-and-faithfully-renders-the-likeness-of/)

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

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> [ \[on Thoreau:\] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/on-thoreau-for-not-a-particle-of-respect-had-he-to-the-opinions-of/)

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

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> [The way to learn German, is, to read the same dozen pages over and over a hundred times, till you know every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-way-to-learn-german-is-to-read-the-same-dozen-pages-over-and-over/)

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

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> [We are always getting ready to live, but never living... The wave moves onward but the particles of which it is composed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-are-always-getting-ready-to-live-but-never-living-the-wave-moves/)

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> [The universe is represented in every one of it's particles. Everything is made of one hidden stuff. The world globes itself in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-universe-is-represented-in-every-one-of-it-s-particles-everything/)

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> [We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-succession-in-division-in-parts-in-particles-meantime-2/)

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

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> [We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-succession-in-division-in-parts-in-particles-meantime/)

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

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> [Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/society-is-an-illusion-to-the-young-citizen-it-lies-before-him-in/)

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

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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