The world is his who can see through its pretension. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “It is no proof of a man’s understanding…”
It is no proof of a man’s understanding to be able to confirm whatever he pleases; but to be able to discern that what is true is true, and that what is false is false; this is the mark and character of intelligence. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Do not cumber yourself with fruitless pains…”
Do not cumber yourself with fruitless pains to mend and remedy remote effects; let the soul be erect, and all things will go well. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over…”
The walls of rude minds are scrawled all over with facts, with thoughts. They shall one day bring a lantern and read the inscriptions. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “A good intention clothes itself…”
A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Power obeys reality…”
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)
