Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 46

• Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thinking, Men, Mind

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.16, Graphic Arts Books

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• Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, People, Mind

  "Representative Men". Uses of Great Men. Book by Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1850.

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• The walking of Man is falling forwards.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Fall, Men, Progress

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• He is great who confers the most benefits.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Benefits

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.35, Penguin

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• The Yankee is one who, if he once gets his teeth set on a thing, all creation can't make him let go.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Letting Go, Yankees, Teeth

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.4019, Delphi Classics

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• It is a tie between men to have read the same book.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Men, Ties

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Linda Allardt (1982). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.425, Harvard University Press

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• Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Pain, Suffering, Lessons

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.203, Harvard University Press

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• Any work looks wonderful to me except the one which I can do.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Looks, Wonderful, Can Do

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “The Journals”

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• A bullet had found him, his blood ran out as he cried. No money could save him, so he laid down and died. Ooh, what a lucky man he was.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Blood, Politics

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• Every day, a little sadder, a little madder. Will someone get me a ladder?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Profound, Ladders, Littles

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• All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Tools, Earth

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• I will no longer confer, differ, refer, defer, prefer, or suffer. I renounce the whole tribe of fero. I embrace absolute life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Thinking, Suffering, Tribes

  "Emerson: The Mind on Fire". Book by Robert D. Richardson (p. 205), March 6, 1995.

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• Truth is the summit of being.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Truth, Truth Is, Summit

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.330, Modern Library

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• It is a sign of our times, conspicuous to the coarsest observer, that many intelligent and religious persons withdraw themselves from the common labors and competitions of the market and the caucus, and betake themselves to a certain solitary and critical way of living, from which no solid fruit has yet appeared to justify their separation.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Religious, Intelligent, Competition

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1209, Delphi Classics

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• It is true that the discerning intellect of the world is always much in advance of the creative, so that there are competent judges of the best book, and few writers of the best books.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Judging, Creative

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.334, Modern Library

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• Some people will tell you there is a great deal of poetry and fine sentiment in a chest of tea.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Tea Drinking, People, Tea Party

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.281, Рипол Классик

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• Nature is not always tricked in holiday attire, but the same scene which yesterday breathed perfume and glittered as for the frolic of the nymphs, is overspread with melancholy today. Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Holiday, Nymphs

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature, addresses, and lectures”, p.10, Harvard University Press

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• It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Dream, Past, Doe

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• Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Nature

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• Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Self, Want

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• Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. It depends on the mood of the man, whether he shall see the sunset or the fine poem. There are always sunsets, and there is always genius; but only a few hours so serene that we can relish nature or criticism. The more or less depends on structure or temperament. Temperament is the iron wire on which the beads are strung. Of what use is fortune or talent to a cold and defective store?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Appreciation, Book, Sunset

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1937). “Essays, First and Second Series”, p.135, Jazzybee Verlag

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• He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Determination, Men, Decision

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.71, Harvard University Press

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• Only poetry inspires poetry.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Poetry, Inspire

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1871). “Society and Solitude and Other Essays”, p.171

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• It is better to suffer injustice than to do it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Suffering, Injustice

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1851). “Essays, lectures and orations”, p.349

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• To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid for silence, a creditsystem in which a paper promise to pay answers for the time instead of liquidation. We owe to man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Real, Men, Fire

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2442, Delphi Classics

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