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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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Language is fossil poetry. As the limestone of the continent consists of infinite masses of the shells of animalcules, so language is made up of images, or tropes, which now, in their secondary use, have long ceased to remind us of their poetic origin. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Rectitude is a perpetual victory, celebrated not by cries of..."
Rectitude is a perpetual victory, celebrated not by cries of joy but by serenity, which is joy fixed or habitual. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "No great man ever complains of want of opportunity."
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual."
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Fear always springsfrom ignorance."
Fear always springsfrom ignorance. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you've endured. From evils that never arrived. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imagination is a very high sort of seeing, which does not come by study, but by the intellect being where and what it sees, by sharing the path, or circuits of things through forms, and so making them translucid to others. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting..."
A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a..."
Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors..."
Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors ridiculous. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or..."
Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "We are born believing. A man bears belief, as a tree bears..."
We are born believing. A man bears belief, as a tree bears apples. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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