Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: People see only...

People see only what they are prepared to see.

Source: Journals, 1863.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Religion is as...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Religion is as...

Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.

Source: In The...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The first farmer...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The first farmer...

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Skill to do...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Skill to do...

Skill to do comes of doing.

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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882),...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Old age brings...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Old age brings...

Old age brings along with its uglinesses the comfort that you will soon be out of it, - which ought to be a...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Proverbs are the...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Proverbs are the...

Proverbs are the sanctuary of the intuitions.

Source: Compensations.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Repose and cheerfulness...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Repose and cheerfulness...

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman -- repose in energy.

Source:...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The great majority...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The great majority...

The great majority of men are bundles of beginnings.

Source: In Quotable Business,...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: So of cheerfulness,...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: So of cheerfulness,...

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: One lesson we...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: One lesson we...

One lesson we learn early, that in spite of seeming difference, men are all of one pattern. We readily assume this...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reality is a...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Reality is a...

Reality is a sliding door.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sanity is not...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sanity is not...

Sanity is not being subdued by your means.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The greatest homage...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The greatest homage...

The greatest homage we can pay truth is to use it.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society never advances....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society never advances....

Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. . . . Society acquires new arts, and...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: One ought never...

One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Respect the child....

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sanity is very...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Sanity is very...

Sanity is very rare: every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: The highest virtue...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The highest virtue...

The highest virtue is always against the law.

Source: From Charles Daney's...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some of your...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Some of your...

Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Ralph Waldo Emerson: Peace cannot be...

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

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