Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 12

• 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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• Every word was once a poem.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Poetry

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Emerson: Poems”, p.251, Everyman's Library

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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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• The eye of prudence may never shut.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, May, Prudence

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.67, Courier Corporation

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• In order for one to learn the important lessons of life, one must first overcome a fear each day.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life Lesson, Order

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• My giant goes with me wherever I go.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Giants

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.278, Library of America

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• The primary wisdom is intuition.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Intuition, Primaries

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• Men are what their mothers made them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Success, Mothers Day, Mom

  The Conduct of Life "Fate" (1860)

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• Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. The mind does not create what it perceives, anymore than the eye creates the rose.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Perseverance, Stay Strong, Eye

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• The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Selfish, Men, Suffering

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.181, Graphic Arts Books

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• The world is his who can see through its pretension. What deafness, what stone-blind custom, what overgrown error you behold, is there only by sufferance,--by your sufferance. See it to be a lie, and you have already dealt it its mortal blow.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Lying, Blow, Errors

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.71, Penguin

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• Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Powerful, Enthusiasm For Life, Might

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• You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspire, Needs, Knows

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• Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Music, Art, Sun

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2416, Delphi Classics

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• It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Patience, Cheating, Truth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays”, p.49, Open Road Media

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• Everything has its price - and if that price is not paid, not that thing but something else is obtained... it is impossible to get anything without this price.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Impossible, Paid, Ifs

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.143, Courier Corporation

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• You are constantly invited to be what you are.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Invited

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• When believers and unbelievers live in the same manner - I distrust the religion.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Distrust, Believer, Unbelievers

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.307, Courier Corporation

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• What we have learned from other becomes our own reflection.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Education, School, Reflection

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1966). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1824-1838”, p.19, Harvard University Press

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• Life is our dictionary.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Life Is, Dictionary

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1107, Delphi Classics

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• Cause and effect are two sides of one fact.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Two Sides, Causes, Facts

  Essays Circles

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• Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Positive, Self Esteem

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• He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Optimistic, Optimism, Anxiety

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• Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Prayer, Coffee, Genius

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1969). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VII: 1838-1842”, p.451, Harvard University Press

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