Do you love me? Means at last do you see the same truth I see? If you do, we are happy together;… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Not gold but only men can makeA people great and strong;Men who for truth and honors sakeStand fast and suffer long. Brave… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore." — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The unstable estimates of men crowd to him whose mind is filled with a truth, as the heaped waves of the Atlantic… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There is for every man a statement possible of that truth which he is most unwilling to receive, — a statement possible,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The secret of genius is to suffer no fiction to exist for us; to realize all that we know; in the high… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Dreams have a poetic integrity and truth. This limbo and dust-hole of thought is presided over by a certain reason, too. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The nobler the truth or sentiment, the less imports the question of authorship. — 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
Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What is a man born for but to be a reformer, a remaker of what has been made, a denouncer of lies,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The truth, the hope, of any time must be sought in the minorities. Michael Angelo was the conscience of Italy. We grow… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Instead of making Christianity a vehicle of truth, you make truth only a horse for Christianity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The solar system has no anxiety about its reputation, and the credit of truth and honesty is as safe; nor have I… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Foolish people ask you, when you speak what they do not wish to hear, "How do you know it is the truth,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I will not hide my tastes or aversions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I feel the same truth how often in my trivial conversation with my neighbours, that somewhat higher in each of us overlooks… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Whenever a true theory appears, it will be its own evidence. Its test is, that it will explain all phenomena. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“the best read naturalist who lends an entire and devout attention to truth, will see that there remains much to learn of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every man has a choice between love of truth and love of repose. Love of repose brings him a solid reputation 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
