If a man knows the law, find out, though he live in a pine shanty, and resort to him. And if a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We cannot describe the natural history of the soul, but we know that it is divine. All things are known to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness. It does not ask to dine nicely and to sleep warm.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What we commonly call man, the eating, drinking, planting, counting man, does not, as we know him, represent himself, but misrepresents himself.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its thoughts; and what we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had with souls that made our souls wiser, that spoke… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Belief and love,--a believing love will relieve us of a vast load of care. O my brothers, God exists. There is a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In excited conversation we have glimpses of the universe, hints of power native to the soul, far-darting lights and shadows of an… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The soul answers never by words, but by the thing itself that is inquired after. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“So when the soul of the poet has come to ripeness of thought, she detaches and sends away from it its poems… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. — 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
