Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Flower Quotes, Passion Quotes

We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Thus, in his sonnets, the lays of birds, the scents and dyes of flowers, he finds to be the shadow of his beloved; time, which keeps her from him, is his chest; the suspicion she has awakened, is her ornament

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He only is rich who owns the day.

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For every seeing soul, there are two absorbing facts - I, and the abyss.

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It is never too late to do right.

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Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?

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Poets should be law-givers; that is, the boldest lyric inspiration should not chide and insult, but should announce and lead the civil code, and the day's work.

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All men are poets at heart. They serve nature for bread, but her loveliness overcomes them sometimes.

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The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.

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Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel in the precision with which they formulate their thoughts, so that you get from them somewhat to remember; others lay criticism asleep by a charm. Especially women use words that are not words,--as steps in a dance are not steps,--but reproduce the genius of that they speak of; as the sound of some bells makes us think of the bell merely, whilst the church chimes in the distance bring the church and its serious memories before us.

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When believers and unbelievers live in the same manner - I distrust the religion.

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We have a great deal more kindness than is ever spoken.

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Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

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All things are known to the soul.

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When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

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The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.

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When you have worn out your shoes, the strength of the show fiber has passed into your body.

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To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople: to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories.

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In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born; that they are not superior to the citizen; that every one of them was once the act of a single man; every law and usage was a man's expedient to meet a particular case; that they all are imitable, all alterable; we may make as good; we may make better.

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The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded.

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For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

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