Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 146

• The passive master lent his hand, To the vast Soul which o'er him planned.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tombstone, Hands, Soul

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The Problem”

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• So far as a person thinks; they are free.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Freedom, Thinking, Persons

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• I know and see too well, when not voluntarily blind, the speedy limits opersons called high and worthy.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Limits, Blind

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Orations and Lectures”, p.177

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• A mob is a society obodies, voluntarily bereaving themselves oreason, and traversing its work. The mob is man, voluntarily descending to the nature othe beast. Its fit hour oactivity is night; its actions are insane, like its whole constitution.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Night, Men, Insane

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• I find nothing in fables more astonishing than my experience in every hour. One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of fiction.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Time, Men, Fiction

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1979). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketches”

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• The dearest events are summer-rain.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Summer, Rain, Events

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.473, Library of America

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• Life is a series of surprises.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Anticipation, Surprise

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.483, Library of America

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• Life is a boundless privilege, and when you pay for your ticket, and get into the car, you have no guess what good company you shall find there.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Car, Pay

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.139, Harvard University Press

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• There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Drinking, Alcohol, World

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2011). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.199, Penguin

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• All poets have signalized their consciousness of rare moments when they were superior to themselves, -when a light, a freedom, a power came to them which lifted them to performances far better than they could reach at other times.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Light, Alcohol, Rare Moments

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• The secret of drunkenness is, that it insulates us in thought, whilst it unites us in feeling.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beer, Alcohol, Feelings

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1978). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1854-1861”, p.142, Harvard University Press

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• We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

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  Men, Light, Giving

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.418

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• The first and last lesson of religion is, "The things that are seen, are temporal; the things that are unseen, are eternal." It puts an affront upon nature.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religion, Atheism, Lessons

  "The complete works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature addresses and lectures", Vol. 1, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Library, 2006.

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• The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Learning, Names

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2001). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1843 - 1871”, p.155, University of Georgia Press

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• Give all to love: Obey thy heart; Friends, kindred, days, Estate, good fame, Plans, credit, and the Muse,- Nothing refuse.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Heart, Giving, Credit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.81, Harvard University Press

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• Most people, who have quit smoking, have had at least one unsuccessful try in the past. It is not important how many times you try to quit. The only important thing is, that eventually you stay quit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Past, People

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• Practice makes perfect - the sooner you start, the sooner you will be a happy nonsmoker

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Practice, Perfect

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• If we must accept fate we are not less compelled to affirm liberty, the significance of the individual, the grandeur of duty, the power of character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Fate, Destiny

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.254, Penguin

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• We stand against fate, as children stand up against the wall in their father's house, and notch their height from year to year. But when the boy grows to a man, and is master of the house, he pulls down that wall and builds it new and bigger.

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  Children, Wall, Father

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.265, Penguin

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• The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs.

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  Love, Men, Honor

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.118, Рипол Классик

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• In failing circumstances no one can be relied on to keep their integrity.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Honesty, Integrity, Failure

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• A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Philosophical, Men, Needs

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.96, Harvard University Press

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• Every man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and meaning is in him.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Spiritual, Men, Expression

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• Men over forty are no judges of a book written in a new spirit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Men, Judging

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.305, University of Georgia Press

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• You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Knowledge, Roots, Progress

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.419, Library of America

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