Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Stars Quotes, Night Quotes

But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime... But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

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The evolution of a highly destined society must be moral; it must run in the grooves of the celestial wheels.

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If we live truly, we shall see truly. It is as easy for the strong man to be strong, as it is for the weak to be weak.

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Time is indeed the theater and seat of illusions; nothing is so ductile and elastic. The mind stretches an hour to a century, and dwarfs an age to an hour.

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Men lose their tempers in defending their taste.

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Only so much of life do I know as I have lived.

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Let us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.

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Women see better than men. Men see lazily, if they do not expect to act. Women see quite without any wish to act.

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Let us be silent — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.

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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. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit. The flowers, the animals, the mountains, reflected the wisdom of his best hour, as much as they had delighted the simplicity of his childhood.

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The rain has spoiled the farmer's day; Shall sorrow put my books away? Thereby are two days lost.

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We do not want actions, but men; not a chemical drop of water, but rain; the spirit that sheds and showers actions, countless, endless actions.

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He only is a well-made man who has a good determination.

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In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.

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When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.

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The evils of popular government appear greater than they are; there is compensation for them in spirit and energy it awakens.

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Writing should be the settlement of dew on the leaf.

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Every materialist will be an idealist; but an idealist can never go backward to be a materialist.

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Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.

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The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity.

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