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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal Picture Quote #1

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence Picture Quote #1

Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man Picture Quote #1

That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other leadings, and listen to the Soul that has guided it so gently, and taught it so much, secure that the future will be worthy of the past? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am the owner of the sphere, of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar’s hand, and Plato’s brain, of Lord Christ’s heart, and Shakespeare’s strain Picture Quote #1

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Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only can we see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house, heaven and earth; Caesar called his house, Rome; you perhaps call yours, a cobler’s trade; a hundred acres of ploughed land Picture Quote #1

Traveling is a fool’s paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go Picture Quote #1

Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you’ve endured From evils that never arrived Picture Quote #1

Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use... In God, every end is converted into a new means Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming Picture Quote #1

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I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints Picture Quote #1

Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble Picture Quote #1

It happens to us once or twice in a lifetime to be drunk with some book which probably has some extraordinary relative power to intoxicate us and none other; and having exhausted that cup of enchantment we go groping in libraries all our years afterwards in the hope of being in Paradise again Picture Quote #1

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your Picture Quote #1

We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly Picture Quote #1

This is my wish for you: comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life Picture Quote #1

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There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding Picture Quote #1

The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for the deliverance from fear. It is the storm within that endangers him, not the storm without Picture Quote #1

The solid, solid universe is pervious to love; With bandaged eyes he never errs, around, below, above. His blinding light he flingeth white on God’s and Satan’s brood, And reconciles by mystic wiles the evil and the good Picture Quote #1

A ruddy drop of manly blood the surging sea outweighs; The world uncertain comes and goes, the lover rooted stays Picture Quote #1

Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water Picture Quote #1

Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, and all their botany is latin names Picture Quote #1

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Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if copied out of some invisible tablet in the eternal mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet Picture Quote #1

Don’t trust children with edge tools. Don’t trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would! Picture Quote #1

After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk Picture Quote #1

Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection Picture Quote #1

Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said Picture Quote #1

With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall Picture Quote #1

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In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Love, which is the essence of God, is not for levity, but for the total worth of man (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) That which befits us, embosomed in beauty and wonder as we are, is cheerfulness, and courage, and the endeavor to realize our aspirations. Shall not the heart which has received so much, trust the Power by which it lives? May it not quit other leadings, and listen to the Soul that has guided it so gently, and taught it so much, secure that the future will be worthy of the past? (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) 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 (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) I am the owner of the sphere, of the seven stars and the solar year, of Caesar’s hand, and Plato’s brain, of Lord Christ’s heart, and Shakespeare’s strain (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Every spirit builds itself a house; and beyond its house a world; and beyond its world, a heaven. Know then, that the world exists for you. For you is the phenomenon perfect. What we are, that only can we see. All that Adam had, all that Caesar could, you have and can do. Adam called his house, heaven and earth; Caesar called his house, Rome; you perhaps call yours, a cobler’s trade; a hundred acres of ploughed land (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Traveling is a fool’s paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Some of your griefs you have cured, And the sharpest you still have survived, But what torments of grief you’ve endured From evils that never arrived (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Nothing in nature is exhausted in its first use... In God, every end is converted into a new means (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) 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 (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) The Gods we worship write their names on our faces; be sure of that. And a man will worship something... That which dominates will determine his life and character. Therefore it behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Wherever snow falls, or water flows, or birds fly, wherever day and night meet in twilight, wherever the blue heaven is hung by clouds, or sown with stars, wherever are forms with transparent boundaries, wherever are outlets into celestial space, wherever is danger, and awe, and love, there is Beauty, plenteous as rain, shed for thee, and though thou shouldest walk the world over, thou shalt not be able to find a condition inopportune or ignoble (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) It happens to us once or twice in a lifetime to be drunk with some book which probably has some extraordinary relative power to intoxicate us and none other; and having exhausted that cup of enchantment we go groping in libraries all our years afterwards in the hope of being in Paradise again (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year. He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit to be cumbered with your (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) We, as we read, must become Greeks, Romans, Turks, priest and king, martyr and executioner; must fasten these images to some reality in our secret experience, or we shall learn nothing rightly (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) This is my wish for you: comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, love to complete your life (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) There is no privacy that cannot be penetrated. No secret can be kept in the civilized world. Society is a masked ball where everyone hides his real character, then reveals it by hiding (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for the deliverance from fear. It is the storm within that endangers him, not the storm without (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) The solid, solid universe is pervious to love; With bandaged eyes he never errs, around, below, above. His blinding light he flingeth white on God’s and Satan’s brood, And reconciles by mystic wiles the evil and the good (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) A ruddy drop of manly blood the surging sea outweighs; The world uncertain comes and goes, the lover rooted stays (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Nature never hurries: atom by atom, little by little, she achieves her work. The lesson one learns from yachting or planting is the manners of nature; patience with the delays of wind and sun, delays of the seasons, bad weather, excess or lack of water (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Love not the flower they pluck and know it not, and all their botany is latin names (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Good poetry could not have been otherwise written than it is. The first time you hear it, it sounds rather as if copied out of some invisible tablet in the eternal mind than as if arbitrarily composed by the poet (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Don’t trust children with edge tools. Don’t trust man, great God, with more power than he has until he has learned to use that little better. What a hell we should make of the world if we could do what we would! (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes) With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall (Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes)

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