Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 31

• A beautiful woman is a practical poet, taming her savage mate, planting tenderness, hope and eloquence in all whom she approaches.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Hope, Women

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty”, p.97

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• A mind might ponder its thought for an epoch, and not gain so much self-knowledge as the passion of love shall teach in a day.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Educational, Philosophy

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• We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Eye, Vision, Clear Vision

  "Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

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• Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religious, Humility, Humble

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• Walking has the best value as gymnastics of the mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Gymnastics, Mind, Walking

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• The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Angel, Moon, Night

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Harvard University Press

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• The Roman rule was, to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing. The old English rule was, "All summer in the field, and all winter in the study." And it seems as if a man should learn to plant, or to fish, or to hunt, that he might secure his subsistence at all events, and not be painful to his friends and fellow men.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Summer, Education, Winter

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1523, Delphi Classics

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• Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Success, Death

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• Concentration is the secret of srength.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Focus, Secret, Concentration

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• I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sisterhood, Civilization, Good Woman

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.12, Harvard University Press

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• There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Garden, Rose, Perfect

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.125, Penguin

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• Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abolishing hurry.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Pain, Teaching

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• As soon as there is life there is danger.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Greatness, Danger

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.301, University of Georgia Press

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• Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Communication, Cities, Language And Power

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.160

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• The highest compact we can make with our fellow is -
  "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Trust, Loyalty, Truth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.416

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• Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Optimism, Choices, Speak

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2782, Delphi Classics

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• For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thanksgiving, Song, Sweet

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• Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Past, Diving Deep, Sea

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• The multitude of the sick shall not make us deny the existence of health.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sick, Mental Health, Deny

  The Conduct of Life, Worship

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• Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Life, Time, Kindness

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.46, Harvard University Press

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• Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Being Yourself, Self, Best Self

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• Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Ties, Mercenary, Hard

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.146, Harvard University Press

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• We are shut up in school and college recitation rooms for ten to fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing. We cannot use our hands, or our legs, or our eyes, or our arms. We do not know an edible root in the woods. We cannot tell our course by the stars, nor the hour of day by the sun. It is well if we can swim and skate. We are afraid of a horse or a cow, of a dog, of a cat, of a spider. Far better was the Roman rule to teach a boy nothing that he could not learn standing.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dog, Horse, Stars

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt McLaughlin (2010). “The Laws of Nature: Excerpts from the Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.34, North Atlantic Books

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• Every calamity is a spur and a valuable hint.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Spiritual, Failure, Spurs

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.267, Penguin

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• Taking to pieces is the trade of those who cannot construct.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Criticism, Pieces, Trade

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.73, University of Georgia Press

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