Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882
1847 photo by Southworth & Hawes, from the George Eastman House Collection
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- As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Be and not seem. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Be not the slave of your own past ... plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Better be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Beware what you set your heart upon, for it shall surely be yours. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Body: A thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors and a misfit from the start. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Character is what can do without success. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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