Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Animal Quotes, Men Quotes

To the men of this world, to the animal strength and spirits, to the men of practical power, whilst immersed in it, the man of ideas appears out of his reason. They alone gave reason.

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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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And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.

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The tempered light of the woods is like a perpetual morning.

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No matter how you seem to fatten on a crime, there can never be good for the bee which is bad for the hive.

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There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

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The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.

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That which dominates our imagination and our thoughts will determine our life and character.

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

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Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.

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Always scorn appearances and you always may.

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There is a mortifying experience in particular, which does not fail to wreak itself also in the general history; I mean "the foolish face of praise," the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us. The muscles, not spontaneously moved but moved, by a low usurping wilfulness, grow tight about the outline of the face, with the most disagreeable sensation.

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Whatever you do, you need courage.

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What a new face courage puts on everything!

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For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts; that all men value the few real hours of life; they love to be heard; they love to be caught up into the vision of principles. We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we only were.

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We never touch but at points.

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The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

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How can we speak of the action of the mind under any divisions, as of its knowledge, of its ethics, of its works, and so forth, since it melts will into perception, knowledge into act? Each becomes the other. Itself alone is.

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We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

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[on Thoreau:] For not a particle of respect had he to the opinions of any man or body of men, but homage solely to truth itself.

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