My life is for itself and not for a spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Only in our easy, simple, spontaneous action…”
A little consideration of what takes place around us every day would show us that a higher law than that of our will regulates events; that our painful labors are unnecessary and fruitless; that only in our easy, simple, spontaneous action are we strong. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Time and space are but physiological colors…”
Time and space are but physiological colors which the eye makes, but the soul is light; where it is, is day; where it was, is night. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms…”
Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself. The genesis and maturation of a planet, its poise and orbit, the bended tree recovering itself from the strong wind, the vital resources of every animal and vegetable, are demonstrations of the self-sufficing, and therefore self-relying soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Prayer as a means to effect a private end is meanness…”
Prayer that craves a particular commodity — anything less than all good — is vicious. Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view. It is the soliloquy of a beholding and jubilant soul. It is the spirit of God pronouncing his works good. But prayer as a means to effect a private end […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “What is the hardest task in the world?…”
What is the hardest task in the world? To think. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Dear to us are those who love us…”
Dear to us are those who love us, but dearer are those who reject us as unworthy, for they add another life, they build a heaven before us whereof we had not dreamed, and thereby supply to us new powers out of the recesses of the spirit, and urge us to new and unattempted performances. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The power men possess to annoy me…”
The power men possess to annoy me, I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “This one fact the world hates…”
This one fact the world hates, that the soul becomes; for that forever degrades the past, turns all riches to poverty, all reputation to a shame, confounds the saint with the rogue, shoves Jesus and Judas equally aside. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “In regard to disagreeable and formidable things…”
So, in regard to disagreeable and formidable things, prudence does not consist in evasion or flight, but in courage. He who wishes to walk in the most peaceful parts of life with any serenity must screw himself up to resolution. Let him front the object of his worst apprehension, and his stoutness will commonly make his fear groundless. Ralph Waldo […]