Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Believe Quotes, Men Quotes

It is rare to find a man who believes in his own thoughts or speaks that which he is created to say. As nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing, so nothing is more rare in any man than an act of his own...feel yourself, and be not daunted by things...The light by which we see this world comes out from the soul of the observer.

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The bulk of mankind believe in two gods. They are under one dominion here in the house, as friend and parent, in social circles, in letters, in art, in love, in religion; but in mechanics, in dealing with steam and climate, in trade, in politics, they think they come under another.

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I wish that life should not be cheap, but sacred. I wish the days to be as centuries, loaded, fragrant.

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Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.

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The reverence for the deeds of our ancestors is a treacherous sentiment. Their merit was not to reverence the old, but to honor the present moment; and we falsely make them excuses of the very habit which they hated and defied.

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though the wide universe is full of good, no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

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The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.

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Life is unnecessarily long. Moments of insight, of fine personal relation, a smile, a glance,--what ample borrowers of eternity they are!

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When we can't piece together the puzzle of our own lives, remember the best view of a puzzle is from above. Let Him help put you together.

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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other.

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Well, the world has a million writers. One would think, then, that good thought would be as familiar as air and water, and the gifts of each new hour would exclude the last. Yet we can count all our good books; nay, I remember any beautiful verse for twenty years.

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In Nature, all is useful, all is beautiful

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The God who made New Hampshire Taunted the lofty land With little men.

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Life only avails, not the having lived.

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I think the vice of our housekeeping is that it does not hold man sacred. The vice of government, the vice of education, the viceof religion, is one with that of the private life.

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Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.

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What is well done, I feel as if I did; what is ill-done, I reck not of.

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When a man does not write his poetry, it escapes by other vents through him.

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The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue.

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In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.

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