Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882
1847 photo by Southworth & Hawes, from the George Eastman House Collection
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- Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Those who cannot tell what they desire or expect, still sigh and struggle with indefinite thoughts and vast wishes. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Thought is the seed of action. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Tis the reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To be great is to be misunderstood. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men-that is genius. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To help the young soul, add energy, inspire hope and blow the coals into a useful flame . . . that is the work of divine men. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a little better; whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is the meaning of success. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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