--- title: "16 Pieces Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "16 Pieces quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Pieces sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-aliv_575675.png" --- > [Man is a piece of the universe made alive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-alive/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-aliv_575675.png) > [There is not a piece of science, but its flank may be turned tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its-flank-may-be-turned-tomorrow/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_may_there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its_2849518.png) > [Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-who-cannot-construct/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_constructs_taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-w_974221.png) > [When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-we-can-t-piece-together-the-puzzle-of-our-own-lives-remember-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_helping_when-we-can-t-piece-together-the-puzzle_744066.png) > [We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-see-the-world-piece-by-piece-as-the-sun-the-moon-the-animal-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_animal_we-see-the-world-piece-by-piece-as-the-s_1793348.png) > [Intellectual tasting of life will not supersede muscular activity. If a man should consider the nicety of the passage of a piece…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-supersede-muscular-activity-if/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/225/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_action_intellectual-tasting-of-life-will-not-su_461562.png) > [In different hours, a man represents each of several of his ancestors, as if there were seven or eight of us rolled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-different-hours-a-man-represents-each-of-several-of-his-ancestors/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e0/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_ancestor_in-different-hours-a-man-represents-each_1937563.png) > [In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-sculpture-did-ever-anybody-call-the-apollo-a-fancy-piece-or-say-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_apollo_in-sculpture-did-ever-anybody-call-the-a_3044513.png) > [Here is the world, sound as a nut, perfect, not the smallest piece of chaos left, never a stitch nor an end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/here-is-the-world-sound-as-a-nut-perfect-not-the-smallest-piece-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c2/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_chaos_here-is-the-world-sound-as-a-nut-perfect_832503.jpg) > [Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/repose-and-cheerfulness-are-the-badge-of-the-gentleman-repose-in/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_action_repose-and-cheerfulness-are-the-badge-of_1762523.png) > ['Tis a good rule in every journey to provide some piece of liberal study to rescue the hours which bad weather, bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/tis-a-good-rule-in-every-journey-to-provide-some-piece-of-liberal/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_bad-company_tis-a-good-rule-in-every-journey-to-prov_2771616.png) > [Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/men-do-what-is-called-a-good-action-as-some-piece-of-courage-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ad/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_action_men-do-what-is-called-a-good-action-as-s_1872727.png) > [When God lets loose a great thinker on this planet, then all things are at risk. There is not a piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/when-god-lets-loose-a-great-thinker-on-this-planet-then-all-things/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_all-things_when-god-lets-loose-a-great-thinker-on-t_2549959.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_animal_we-live-in-succession-in-division-in-par_403716.png) > [The terrible tabulation of the French statists brings every piece of whim and humor to be reducible also to exact numerical ratios.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-terrible-tabulation-of-the-french-statists-brings-every-piece-of/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/613/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_found_the-terrible-tabulation-of-the-french-st_1088309.png) > [Nature is a language and every new fact one learns is a new word; but it is not a language taken to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/nature-is-a-language-and-every-new-fact-one-learns-is-a-new-word-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_book_nature-is-a-language-and-every-new-fact_2430487.png) ## Other authors on Pieces ## 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/pieces/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "16 Pieces Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Man is a piece of the universe made alive", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-alive/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-aliv_575675.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-aliv_575675.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_alive_man-is-a-piece-of-the-universe-made-aliv_575675.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Man is a piece of the universe made alive” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is not a piece of science, but its flank may be turned tomorrow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its-flank-may-be-turned-tomorrow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_may_there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its_2849518.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_may_there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its_2849518.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4b/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_may_there-is-not-a-piece-of-science-but-its_2849518.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is not a piece of science, but its flank may be turned tomorrow.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-who-cannot-construct/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_constructs_taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-w_974221.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_constructs_taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-w_974221.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_constructs_taking-to-pieces-is-the-trade-of-those-w_974221.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. 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