Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first wealth is health.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
