Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “It is time to undervalue…”
It is time to undervalue what he has valued, to dispossess himself of what he has acquired, and with Caesar to take in his hand the army, the empire and Cleopatra, and say, “All these will I relinquish, if you will show me the fountains of the Nile.” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “It is a secret which every intellectual…”
It is a secret which every intellectual man quickly learns, that beyond the energy of his possessed and conscious intellect he is capable of a new energy… by abandonment to the nature of things; that beside his privacy of power as an individual man, there is a great public power on which he can draw, by unlocking, at all risks, […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “A man should learn to detect…”
A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The key to every man is his thought…”
The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys… He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “He teaches who gives, and he learns who receives…”
He teaches who gives, and he learns who receives. There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you and you are he; then is a teaching, and by no unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the benefit. Ralph Waldo […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “A political victory, a rise in rents…”
A political victory, a rise in rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other favourable event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “This sentiment is divine and deifying…”
This sentiment is divine and deifying. It is the beatitude of man. It makes him illimitable. Through it, the soul first knows itself. It corrects the capital mistake of the infant man, who seeks to be great by following the great, and hopes to derive advantages from another — by showing the fountain of all good to be in himself, […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “All things are known to the soul…”
All things are known to the soul. It is not to be surprised by any communication. Nothing can be greater than it, let those fear and those fawn who will. The soul is in her native realm; and it is wider than space, older than time, wide as hope, rich as love. Pusillanimity and fear she refuses with a beautiful […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Give me health and a day…”
Give me health and a day, and I will make ridiculous the pomp of emperors. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
