Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Nature Quotes, Garden Quotes

Presently we pass to some other object which rounds itself into a whole as did the first; for example, a well-laid garden; and nothing seems worth doing but the laying~out of gardens.

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Let the man stand on his feet. Let religion cease to be occasional; and the pulses of thought that go to the borders of the universe, let them proceed from the bosom of the Household.

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To fill the hour; that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval.

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The true scholar grudges every opportunity of action passed, by, as a loss of power.

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Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.

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Imagination is a very high sort of seeing.

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It is easy to carp at colleges, and the college, if he will wait for it, will have its own turn. Genius exists there also, but will not answer a call of a committee of the House of Commons. It is rare, precious, eccentric, and darkling.

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Black men built the railroads, not blue eyes.

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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

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In certain men digestion and sex absorb the vital force, and the stronger these are, the individual is so much weaker. The more ofthese drones perish, the better for the hive.

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I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional.

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The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.

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The results of life are uncalculated and uncalculable. The years teach much which the days never know. The persons who compose our company, converse, and come and go, and design and execute many things, and somewhat comes of it all, but an unlooked for result. The individual is always mistaken. He designed many things, and drew in other persons as coadjutors, quarrelled with some or all, blundered much, and something is done; all are a little advanced, but the individual is always mistaken. It turns out somewhat new, and very unlike what he promised himself.

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We put our love where we have put our labor.

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Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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What you are comes to you.

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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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Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

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Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

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The great make its feel, first of all, the indifference of circumstances. They call into activity the higher perceptions, and subdue the low habits of comfort and luxury; but the higher perceptions find their objects everywhere; only the low habits need palaces and banquets.

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