Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Book Quotes, Men Quotes

The permanence of all books is fixed by no effort friendly or hostile, but by their own specific gravity, or the intrinsic importance of their contents to the constant mind of man.

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When it is darkest, we can see the stars.

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Go out of the house to see the moon, and 't is mere tinsel; it will not please as when its light shines upon your necessary journey. The beauty that shimmers in the yellow afternoons of October, who could ever clutch it? Go forth to find it, and it is gone: 't is only a mirage as you look from the windows of diligence.

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If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.

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Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.

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The uses of travel are occasional, and short; but the best fruit it finds, when it finds it, is conversation; and this is a main function of life.

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Defect in manners is usually the defect of fine perceptions. Men are too coarsely made for the delicacy of beautiful carriage and customs. It is not quite sufficient to good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.

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As we refine, our checks become finer. If we rise to spiritual culture, the antagonism takes a spiritual form.

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Spartans, stoics, heroes, saints and gods use short and positive speech.

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Not for nothing one face, one character, one fact makes much impression on him, and another none.

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A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity.

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Whatever limits us we call fate.

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

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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.

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I--this thought which is called I--is the mould into which the world is poured like melted wax.

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Your work should be in praise of what you love.

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The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number.

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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

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Our condition as men is risky and ticklish enough. One can not be sure of himself and his fortune an hour, but he may be whisked off into some pitiable or ridiculous plight.

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Life is in short cycles or periods; we are quickly tired, but we have rapid rallies. A man is spent by his work, starved, prostrate; he will not lift his hand to save his life; he can never think more. He sinks into deep sleep and wakes with renewed youth, with hope, courage, fertile in resources, and keen for daring adventure.

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