Every step so downward, is a step upward. The man who renounces himself, comes to himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “A man contains all that is needful…”
A man contains all that is needful to his government within himself. He is made a law unto himself. All real good or evil that can befall him must be from himself… The purpose of life seems to be to acquaint man with himself. He is not to live to the future as described to him, but to live in […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Character is the habit of action…”
Character is the habit of action from the permanent vision of truth. It carries a superiority to all the accidents of life. It compels right relation to every other man — domesticates itself with strangers and enemies. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Man stands in strict connection…”
Man stands in strict connection with a higher fact never yet manifested. There is power over and behind us, and we are the channels of its communications… This open channel to the highest life is the first and last reality, so subtle, so quiet, yet so tenacious, that although I have never expressed the truth, and although I have never […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “We live in succession, in division, in parts…”
We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal One. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The less a man thinks…”
The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues the better we like him. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “I must be myself…”
I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. If you cannot… I will not hurt you and myself by hypocritical attentions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your own companions; I will […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Wise men read very sharply…”
Wise men read very sharply all of your private history in your look and gait and behavior. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Society never advances…”
Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “It is easy in the world to…”
It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after your own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)