Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - Page 68

• Ever the words of the gods resound; But the porches of man's ear seldom in this low life's round are unsealed, that he may hear.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Loss, Men, Ears

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.4418, Delphi Classics

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• The longest wave is quickly lost in the sea.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Sea, Losing, Wave

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Plato, or the philosopher”, p.21, Editora Dracaena

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• There is something servile in the habit of seeking after a law which we must obey.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Law, Habit, Seeking

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• The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Law

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• Law rules throughout existence, a Law which is not intelligent, but Intelligence.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Intelligent, Law, Intelligence

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2004). “A Dream Too Wild: Emerson Meditations for Every Day of the Year”, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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• We do not yet trust the unknown powers of thought. Whence came all these tools, inventions, book laws, parties, kingdoms? Out of the invisible world, through a few brains. The arts and institutions of men are created out of thought. The powers that make the capitalist are metaphysical, the force of method and force of will makes trade, and builds towns.

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  Art, Book, Men

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• But I cannot recite, even thus rudely, laws of the intellect, without remembering that lofty and sequestered class of men who have been its prophets and oracles, the high-priesthood of the pure reason, the Trismegisti, the expounders of the principles of thought from age to age.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Law, Class

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.104, Graphic Arts Books

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• A certain awkwardness marks the use of borrowed thoughts; but as soon as we have learned what to do with them, they become our own.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Learning, Use, Mark

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.107

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• There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Men, Stressed, Ears

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.199

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• If you act, you show character; if you sit still, you show it; if you sleep you show it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Sleep, Shows

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.51, Penguin

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• We are all wise for other people, none for himself.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, People, Judgment

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.36, Harvard University Press

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• In America and Europe, the nomadism is of trade and curiosity.

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  Europe, America, Curiosity

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series”, p.32, Library of America

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• A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Hero, Men, Brave

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• A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Horse, Feet, Clothes

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.427, Harvard University Press

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• The influence of the senses have in men overpowered the thought to the degree that the walls of time and space have come to look solid, real and insurmountable. .. Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the power of the mind. Man is capable of abolishing them both.

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  Wall, Real, Men

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• Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Character, Men, Conscience

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

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• When I bought my farm, I did not know what a bargain I had in the bluebirds, daffodils and thrushes; as little did I know what sublime mornings and sunsets I was buying.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Morning, Sunset, Sublime

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• Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Book, Men, Action

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• Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

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  Blow, Flames, Inspire

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.105, Penguin

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• The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

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  Sacrifice, Suffering, Debt

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.45, David R. Godine Publisher

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• The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Nature, Eye, Circles

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.179, Harvard University Press

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• Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.

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  New York, Men, Cities

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.371

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• Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Jewels, Jewelry, Moments

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• Who shall forbid a wise skepticism, seeing that there is no practical question on which anything more than an approximate solution can be had?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Wise, Wisdom, Skepticism

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Wallace E. Williams, Joseph Slater (1987). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men: seven lectures”, p.89, Harvard University Press

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• Why should we be cowed by the name of Action?.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Names, Action, Should

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.53, Penguin

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