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Upon Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- No man can have society upon his own terms.
- From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.
- The first and last lesson of religion is, 'The things that are seen are temporal; the things that are not seen are eternal.' It puts…
- The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its…
- Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.
- Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be…
- So . . . I feel in regard to this aged England . . . pressed upon by transitions of trade and . . .…
- Go out of the house to see the moon, and't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary…
- Self Esteem::"It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered.…
- Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue.
- Society is infected with rude, cynical, restless, and frivolous persons who prey upon the rest, and whom no public opinion concentrated into good manners, forms…
- The unique impression of Jesus upon mankind - whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of the world - is…
- There is no luck in literary reputation. They who make up the final verdict upon every book are not the partial and noisy readers of…
- What terrible questions we are learning to ask! The former men believed in magic, by which temples, cities, and men were swallowed up, and all…
- Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.
- This body, full of faults, Has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one's actions.
- The word unto the prophet spoken Was writ on tablets yet unbroken: The word by seers or sibyls told, In groves of oak or fanes…
- Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always…
- Insist upon yourself. Be original.
- A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is,…
- And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.
- When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
- Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to…
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