Famous Quotes / Ralph Waldo Emerson
1442 Quotations by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 161. At bottom every man knows well enough that he is a unique being, only once on this earth; and by no ...
- 162. At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not cease to be insipid.
- 163. Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
- 164. Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
- 165. Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be s ...
- 166. Be an opener of doors.
- 167. Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.
- 168. Be careless in your dress if you will, but keep a tidy soul.
- 169. Be true to your own act and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant ...
- 170. Be virtuous—and you will be vicious.
- 171. Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue: every natural action is graceful, every heroic act is also de ...
- 172. Beauty is the pilot of the young soul.
- 173. Beauty rests on necessities.
- 174. Beauty without expression is boring.
- 175. Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.
- 176. Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
- 177. Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow.
- 178. Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
- 179. Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is ...
- 180. Better a broken promise than none at all.