Ralph Waldo Emerson
The babe in arms is a channel through which the energies we call fate, love and reason visibly stream Ralph Waldo Emerson
All high beauty has a moral element in it Ralph Waldo Emerson
The highest Beauty should be plain set Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy the man who never puts on a face, but receives every visitor with that countenance he has on Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remarkable trait in the American Character is the union, not very infrequent, of Yankee cleverness with spiritualism Ralph Waldo Emerson
Idea and execution are not often entrusted to the same head Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only speech will at last be Action such as Confucius describes the Speech of God Ralph Waldo Emerson
Activity is contagious Ralph Waldo Emerson
America means opportunity, freedom, power Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reward of an act is to have done it Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who aims high must dread an easy home and popular manners Ralph Waldo Emerson
I like people who can do things Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought is the seed of action Ralph Waldo Emerson
As we grow old the beauty steals inward Ralph Waldo Emerson
To fill the hour, and leave no crevice…that is happiness Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every reform was once a private opinion Ralph Waldo Emerson
Five great enemies to peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing can bring you peace but yourself Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason Ralph Waldo Emerson
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic Ralph Waldo Emerson
Keep your friendships in repair Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
No great man ever complains of want of opportunity Ralph Waldo Emerson
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late Ralph Waldo Emerson
I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life consists of what a man is thinking of all day Ralph Waldo Emerson
Obedience alone gives the right to command Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can take better care of your secret than another can Ralph Waldo Emerson
The book written against fame and learning has the author's name on the title-page Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we encountered a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he read Ralph Waldo Emerson
Skill to do comes of doing Ralph Waldo Emerson
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing Ralph Waldo Emerson
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage consists in equality to the problem before us Ralph Waldo Emerson
The dearest friends are separated by impassable gulfs Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not count a man's years until he has nothing else to count Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way to have a friend is to be one Ralph Waldo Emerson
We change, whether we like it or not Ralph Waldo Emerson
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines Ralph Waldo Emerson
I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all Ralph Waldo Emerson
Infancy conforms to nobody: all conform to it, so that one babe commonly makes four or five out of the adults who prattle and play to it Ralph Waldo Emerson