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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes

American Poet, Writer, Philosopher May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882

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Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger..."
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I have no expectation that any man will read history aright who thinks that what was done in a remote age, by men whose names have resounded far, has any deeper sense than what he is doing today. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too..."
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Good men must not obey the laws too well."
Good men must not obey the laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the..."
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old,..."
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose."
Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Nature hates calculators."
Nature hates calculators. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our..."
We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?"
The method of nature: who could ever analyze it? Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us."
Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is..."
It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past? never forget. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word, because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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