Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882
1847 photo by Southworth & Hawes, from the George Eastman House Collection
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- Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Greek architecture is the flowering of geometry. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of all minds. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Health is the first muse, and sleep is the condition to produce it. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Heaven always bears some proportion to earth. The god of the cannibal will be a cannibal, of the crusades a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Here is the world, sound as a nut, perfect, not the smallest piece of chaos left, never a stitch nor an end, not a mark of haste, or botching, or second thought; but the theory of the world is a thing of shreds and patches. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - Hitch your wagon to a star. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson - I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. permalink
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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