Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 48

Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call. View quote
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Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. View quote
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The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest. View quote
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Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is graceful every heroic act is also decent, and causes the place and the bystanders to shine. View quote
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The powers of the Soul are commensurate with its needs. View quote
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As mens prayers are a disease of the will so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. View quote
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It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him. View quote
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Look sharply after your own thoughts. They come unlooked for, like a new bird seen on your trees, and, if you turn to your usual task, disappear and you shall never find that perception again never, I saybut perhaps years, ages, and I know not what events and worlds my lie between you and its return. View quote
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Every great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization. View quote
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Infancy conforms to nobody all conform to it, so that one babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
All promise outruns performance. View quote
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The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. View quote
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Let the stoics say what they please, we do not eat for the good of living, but because the meat is savory and the appetite is keen. View quote
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We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork now a little joy, then a sorrow, now a sin, then a generous or brave action. View quote
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If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods. View quote
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Every man passes his life in the search after friendship. View quote
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Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries out that you are wrong and sets you right, hug him. View quote
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Shall we judge a country by the majority, or by the minority By the minority, surely. View quote
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It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it. View quote
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Courage charms us, because it indicates that a man loves an idea better than all things in the world, that he is thinking neither of his bed, nor his dinner, nor his money, but will venture all to put in act the invisible thought of his mind. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. View quote
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If you believe in fate, believe in it, at least, for your good. View quote
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The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor. View quote
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If we live truly, we shall see truly. 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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