Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 29

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. View quote
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Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich. View quote
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant. View quote
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There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount. View quote
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There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day. View quote
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America is another name for opportunity. View quote
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A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace. View quote
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People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else. View quote
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If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. View quote
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Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Reality is a sliding door. View quote
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There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream. View quote
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A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes. View quote
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Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events. View quote
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us. View quote
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. View quote
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Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified. View quote
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A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts. View quote
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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere. View quote
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Revolutions go not backward. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons. View quote
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Cause and effect are two sides of one fact. View quote
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Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one. View quote
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What you are comes to you. View quote
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Occupation: American Philosopher
Born: May 25, 1803
Died: April 27, 1882
Quotes count: 1647
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