What your heart thinks great is great. The soul’s emphasis is always right. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “All violence, all that is dreary and repels…”
All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “He is great who is…”
He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “We are never without a pilot…”
We are never without a pilot. When we know not how to steer, and dare not hoist a sail, we can drift. The current knows the way, though we do not. The ship of heaven guides itself, and will not accept a wooden rudder. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The soul’s communication of truth…”
The soul’s communication of truth is the highest event in nature… and this communication is an influx of the Divine Mind into our mind… Every moment when the individual feels invaded by it is memorable. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “There are moods in which…”
There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “There is one mind common to all…”
There is one mind common to all individual men. Every man is an inlet to the same and to all of the same. He that is once admitted to the right of reason is made a freeman of the whole estate. What Plato has thought, he may think; what a saint has felt, he may feel; what at any time […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “I wish to be a true and free man.”
I wish to be a true and free man. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “I will not move until I have the highest command…”
I will not move until I have the highest command… Your virtuous projects, so called, do not cheer me. I know that which shall come will cheer me. If I cannot work, at least I need not lie. All that is clearly due today is not to lie. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The characteristic of heroism is its persistency…”
The characteristic of heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts… But when you have chosen your part, abide by it, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)