Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes and words of wisdom

"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."
Found in the topic Emotion.

"I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but I seldom use them."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"The characteristic of genuine heroism is persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic."
Found in the topic Hero.

"It is most unwise for people in love to marry."
Found in the topic Love.

"We are reformers in the spring and summer, but in autumn we stand by the old. Reformers in the morning, and conservers at night."
Found in the topic Age.

"It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it."
Found in the topic Disease.

"Pictures must not be too picturesque."
Found in the topic Picture.

"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
Found in the topic Anger.

"The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out."
Found in the topic Character.

"Prudence is the virtue of the sense. It is the science of Appearances. It is the outmost action of the inward life."
Found in the topic Prudent.

"Works of great intellect are great only by comparison with each other."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"There is no beautifier of complexion or form of behavior like the wish to scatter joy, and not pain, around us."
Found in the topic Beauty.

"As soon as there is life there is danger."
Found in the topic Danger.

"Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know."
Found in the topic Knowledge.

"The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men."
Found in the topic Soul.

"The music that can deepest reach, And cure all ill, is cordial speech."
Found in the topic Deep.

"The only reward of virtue is virtue."
Found in the topic Virtue.

"The ancestor of every action is a thought."
Found in the topic Thief.

"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."
Found in the topic Education.

"The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel At the creation of light and of the world."
Found in the topic Creation.

Interesting Quotes

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.Mahatma Gandhi - Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 - 1948)

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignoredAldous Huxley - English critic & novelist (1894 - 1963)