Quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson

As long as our civilization is essentially one of prop...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. ...

There are people who have an appetite for grief; pleasure is...

A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, an...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny m...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in ris...

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afra...

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions.&...

Hitch your wagon to a star. ...

Make the most of yourself, for that is a...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny m...

Earth laughs in flowers. ...

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.&#...

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in ris...

We are too civil to books.  For a few golden sent...

Sleep lingers all our lifetime about our eyes, as nigh...

Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tai...

States!... Go put your creed into your deed. ...

Do not follow where the path may lead.  Go, inste...

Character is higher than intellect. ...

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the...

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the...

Astronomy to the selfish becomes astrology. ...

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon...

A lady, with whom I was riding in the forest, said to ...