241 Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on men

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on men

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on men

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on men

Men are what their mothers made them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on mom

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on money

Money often costs too much.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on money

In the morning a man walks with his whole body in the evening, only with his legs.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on morning

Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and live in the warm day like corn and melons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

We see God face to face every hour, and know the savor of Nature.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Nature hates calculators.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
Ralph Waldo Emerson on nature