Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 11

• The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Soul, World

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.57, Library of America

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• A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Regret, Greatness, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.16

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• Genius is saying what is in your heart, because it's in everyone's heart.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart, Genius

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• Knowledge is the antidote to fear

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tattoo, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.132, Harvard University Press

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• In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child. In the woods, is perpetual youth.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Nature, Children

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.10, Library of America

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• Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Writing, Skating, Kind

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1992). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.180, University of Missouri Press

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• Oh, be my friend, and teach me to be thine!

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friends, Teach, My Friends

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Poems”, p.102, The Floating Press

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• Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Beauty, Beautiful

  1841 Essays: First Series,'Art'.

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• Pride ruined the angels,
  Their shame them restores;
  And the joy that is sweetest
  Lurks in stings of remorse.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Angel, Pride, Joy

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Selected Writings”, p.298, Simon and Schuster

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• Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Happy Birthday, Men, Unhappy

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.336, Modern Library

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• Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friendship, Weed, House

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• there is no planet, sun, or star could hold you if you but knew what you are.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Stars, Sun, Planets

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• Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.143, University of Georgia Press

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• In the woods we return to reason and faith.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Garden, Tree

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1982). “Emerson: Selected Essays”, p.30, Penguin

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• If a man sits down to think, he is immediately asked if he has a headache.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thinking, Men, Headache

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.118, Harvard University Press

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• Sincerity is the highest complement you can pay

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Pay, Sincerity, Complement

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• The secret of the world is the tie between person and event. Person makes event and event person.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ties, Secret, Events

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.90, Penguin

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• The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Writing, Land, Steps

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.561, Harvard University Press

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• All the mistakes I make arise from forsaking my own station and trying to see the object from another person's point of view.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Being Yourself, Mistake, Being Single

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.123, Harvard University Press

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• As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Success, Believe

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.298, Library of America

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• Put God in your debt. Every stroke shall be repaid. The longer the payment is with-held, the better for you; for compound interest on compound interest is the rate and usage of this exchequer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Debt, Usage, Payment

  RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1911). “THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR SELF-RELIANCE COMPENSATION”

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• Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Getting Older, Age, Fascination

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• The world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Believe, World

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.152, Courier Corporation

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• The greatest discoveries are those that shed light unto ourselves.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Light, Discovery, Shed

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• If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Beauty, Eye

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.75, David R. Godine Publisher

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