Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Character Quotes, Mean Quotes

That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us

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When we have arrived at the question, the answer is already near.

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It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.

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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.

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Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing, Teaching barren moors to smile, Painting pictures mile on mile, Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths Whence a smokeless incense breathes.

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It is easy to see that a greater self-reliance must work a revolution in all the offices and relations of men; in their religion; in their education; in their pursuits; their modes of living; their association; in their property; in their speculative views.

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The influence of the senses have in men overpowered the thought to the degree that the walls of time and space have come to look solid, real and insurmountable. .. Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the power of the mind. Man is capable of abolishing them both.

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Eloquence must be grounded on the plainest narrative. Afterwards, it may warm itself until it exhales symbols of every kind and color, speaks only through the most poetic forms; but first and last, it must still be at bottom a biblical statement of fact.

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Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.

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How often we must remember the art of the surgeon, which, in replacing the broken bone, contents itself with releasing the parts from false position; they fly into place by the action of the muscles. On this art of nature all our arts rely.

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The education of the will is the object of our existence.

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Intemperance is the only vulgarity.

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.

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When a man becomes cultivated, he develops a new respect for who he is. This causes him to be ashamed of his past identification of himself and others according to things, i.e. property.

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The gentleman is a man of truth, lord of his own actions, and expressing that lordship in his behavior, not in any manner dependent and servile either on persons, or opinions, or possessions.

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In the last analysis, love is only the reflection of a man's own worthiness from other men.

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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible.

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The religion of England is part of good-breeding. When you see on the continent the well-dressed Englishman come into his ambassador's chapel and put his face for silent prayer into his smooth-brushed hat, you cannot help feeling how much national pride prays with him, and the religion of a gentleman.

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Nature is a rag merchant, who works up every shred and ort and end into new creations.

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