The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFew people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
-
-
Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Fear always springs from ignorance.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON






