Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes And Sayings

People Seem Not To See That Their Opinion Of The World Is Also A Confession Of Character.

Before We Acquire Great Power We Must Acquire Wisdom To Use It Well.

Jesus Christ Belonged To The True Race Of Prophets. He Saw With Open Eye The Mystery Of The Soul. Drawn By Its Severe Harmony, Ravished With Its Beauty, He Lived In It And Had His Being There. Alone In All History, He Estimated The Greatness Of Man.

The Martyr Cannot Be Dishonored. Every Lash Inflicted Is A Tongue Of Fame; Every Prison A More Illustrious Abode.

Good Is Positive. Evil Is Merely Privative, Not Absolute: It Is Like Cold, Which Is The Privation Of Heat. All Evil Is So Much Death Or Nonentity. Benevolence Is Absolute And Real. So Much Benevolence As A Man Hath, So Much Life Hath He.

The Smoothest Curled Courtier In The Boudoirs Of A Palace Has An Animal Nature, Rude And Aboriginal As A White Bear.

The Greatest Delight Which The Fields And Woods Minister Is The Suggestion Of An Occult Relation.

It Is One Of The Beautiful Compensations In This Life That No One Can Sincerely Try To Help Another Without Helping Himself.

We Are Always Getting Ready To Live But Never Living.

Only As Far As The Masters Of The World Have Called In Nature To Their Aid, Can They Reach The Height Of Magnificence. This Is The Meaning Of Their Hanging-gardens, Villas, Garden-houses, Islands, Parks, And Preserves.

A Man's Growth Is Seen In The Successive Choirs Of His Friends.

Flowers... Are A Proud Assertion That A Ray Of Beauty Outvalues All The Utilities Of The World.

Adopt The Pace Of Nature: Her Secret Is Patience.

There Was Never A Child So Lovely But His Mother Was Glad To Get Him To Sleep.

In The Morning A Man Walks With His Whole Body; In The Evening, Only With His Legs.

Nothing Is At Last Sacred But The Integrity Of Your Own Mind.

A Man Is What He Thinks About All Day Long.

Let Us Be Silent, That We May Hear The Whispers Of The Gods.

The Revelation Of Thought Takes Men Out Of Servitude Into Freedom.

A Man Is Usually More Careful Of His Money Than He Is Of His Principles.

Death Comes To All, But Great Achievements Build A Monument Which Shall Endure Until The Sun Grows Cold.