Quotes Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some books leave us free and some books make us free....

The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are ...

The ancestor of every action is a thought....

The believing we do something when we do nothing is the firs...

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left ...

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of...

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn....

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of f...

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually di...

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

The first wealth is health....

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that ...

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

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are neve...

The highest revelation is that God is in every man....

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in th...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in...

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a t...

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?...

The only way to have a friend is to be one....

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not o...

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the m...

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in...

The reliance on authority measures the decline of religion, ...

The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few ima...