Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 26

• I read your piece on Plato. Holmes, when you strike at a king, you must kill him.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Kings, Strikes

  "Felix Frankfurter Reminisces". Book by Harlan B. Phillips, p. 59, 1960.

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• The cardinal virtue of a teacher [is] to protect the pupil from his own influence.

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  Teacher, Influence, Virtue

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1973). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848”, p.471, Harvard University Press

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• Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . .

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Happiness, Dream

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

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• Activity is contagious.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Contagious, Activity

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1975). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1848-1851”, p.12, Harvard University Press

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• Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouraging, Nature, Power

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1003, Library of America

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• He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Kings, Men, One Day

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.522, Harvard University Press

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• Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is time. This cup which nature puts to our lips, has a wonderful virtue, surpassing that of any other draught. It opens the senses, adds power, fills us with exalted dreams, which we call hope, love, ambition, science; especially it creates a craving for larger draughts of itself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dream, Time, Coffee

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1871). “Society and Solitude and Other Essays”, p.284

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• Scholarship is to be created not by compulsion, but by awakening a pure interest in knowledge.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Educational, Awakening, Scholarship

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1911). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketches”

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• It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

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  Inspiration, Passion, Writing

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.58, Harvard University Press

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• Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

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  Communication, Say Anything, Use

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.435, Рипол Классик

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• Nature has made up her mind that what cannot defend itself shall not be defended.

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  Nature, Mind, Made

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.208, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

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• Books are for nothing but to inspire

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Inspiration, Inspire

  "The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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• But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

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  Inspirational, Peace, Power

  "A Year with Emerson: A Daybook".

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• Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices.

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  Men, Wish, Vices

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.203

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• By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

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  Creative, Delight, Warp

  Letters and Social Aims "Quotation and Originality" (1876)

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• Every body we know surrounds himself with a fine house, fine books, conservatory, gardens, equipage, and all manner of toys, as screens to interpose between himself and his guest. Does it not seem as if man was of a very sly, elusive nature, and dreaded nothing so much as a full rencontre front to front with his fellow?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Men, Garden

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.145, Graphic Arts Books

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• He who knows what sweets and virtues are in the ground, the plants, the waters, the heavens, and how to come at these enchantments - is the rich and royal man.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sweet, Garden, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.154, Graphic Arts Books

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• We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way, though we do not. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder.

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  Heaven, Pilots, Way

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.142, University of Georgia Press

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• Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.

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  Art, Men, Being Different

  1841 Essays: First Series,'Self-Reliance'.

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• To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.

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  Excellence, Outstanding, Accomplish

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• In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

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  Learning, Character, Men

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• Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

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  Truth, Choices, Mind

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• 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 difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Life, Courage

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• He is great who is what he is from nature, and who never reminds us of others.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Greatness

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Representative Men: Seven Lectures”, p.4

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• Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wine, Weather, Giving

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Emerson: Poems”, p.36, Everyman's Library

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