Quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson

Guard well your spare moments.  They are like unc...

Wouldst thou shut up the avenues of ill,
Pay ever...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day ...

The only gift is a portion of thyself. ...

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man acc...

Cities force growth, and make men talkative and entert...

America is another name for opportunity.  Our who...

For what avail the plough or sail, or land or life, if...

All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. ...

The maker of a sentence launches out into the infinite...

I like the silence of a church, before the service beg...

The faith that stands on authority is not faith. ...

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasan...

Hitch your wagon to a star. ...

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

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

The things taught in schools and colleges are not an e...

We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasan...

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

Among provocatives, the next best thing ...

For each new morning with its light,
For rest and...

For flowers that bloom about our feet;
For tender...

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - &...

But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the...

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air...