Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONSome books leave us free and some books make us free.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
-
-
Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Life is a journey, not a destination.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
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 -
Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Every wall is a door.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON -
It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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 -
There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON