Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, God Quotes, Names Quotes

God is our name for the last generalization to which we can arrive.

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That which we call sin in others is experiment for us.

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The merit of those who fill a space in the world's history, who are borne forward, as it were, by the weight of thousands whom they lead, shed a perfume less sweet than do the sacrifices of private virtue.

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Out of sleeping a waking, Out of waking a sleep.

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Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us.

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We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause.

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The populace drags down the gods to their own level.

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The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.

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The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.

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There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law.

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Convert life into truth.

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We are the prisoners of ideas. They catch us up for moments into their heaven, and so fully engage us, that we take no thought forthe morrow, gaze like children, without an effort to make them our own.

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We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

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The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome.

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In the order of nature, we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody. Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.

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Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used.

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If a man lose his balance, and immerse himself in any trades or pleasures for their own sake, he may be a good wheel or pin, but he is not a cultivated man.

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There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.

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The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance.

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All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

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