Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson on inspiration
All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root, bud and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo Emerson on instinct
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius. Ralph Waldo Emerson on intelligence
To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson on journey
You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson on kindness
The senses collect the surface facts of matter...It was sensation; when memory came, it was experience; when mind acted, it was knowledge; when mind acted on it as knowledge, it was thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson on memory
A sect or party is an elegant incognito devised to save a man from the vexation of thinking. Ralph Waldo Emerson on politics
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo Emerson on religion
Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods. Ralph Waldo Emerson on silence
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson on spirituality
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. Ralph Waldo Emerson on spirituality
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. Ralph Waldo Emerson on success
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door. Ralph Waldo Emerson on success
Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened. Ralph Waldo Emerson on thoughts
The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. Ralph Waldo Emerson on thoughts
The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed. Ralph Waldo Emerson on truth
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit. Ralph Waldo Emerson on wealth
The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work. Ralph Waldo Emerson on wisdom