Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
-
-
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
We acquire the strength we have overcome.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
You are constantly invited to be what you are.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
People only see what they are prepared to see.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON