1442 Quotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1121. The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.
- 1122. The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
- 1123. The soul contains the event that shall befall it, for the event is only the actualization of its tho ...
- 1124. The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.
- 1125. The soul's emphasis is always right.
- 1126. The sower may mistake and sow his peas crookedly; the peas make no mistake, but come up and show his ...
- 1127. The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulteri ...
- 1128. The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.
- 1129. The studious class are their own victims: they are thin and pale, their feet are cold, their heads a ...
- 1130. The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
- 1131. The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eyes and the heart of the child.
- 1132. The surest poison is time.
- 1133. The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike ...
- 1134. The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all goo ...
- 1135. The things taught in schools and colleges are not an education, but the means to an education
- 1136. The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new coun ...
- 1137. The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- 1138. The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.
- 1139. The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by pra ...
- 1140. The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war. Whilst the hand was still familiar with th ...
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