He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He needs no library, for he has not done thinking; no church, for he is himself a prophet; no statute book, for he hath the Lawgiver; no money, for he is value itself; no road, for he is at home where he is. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I no longer wish to meet a good I do not earn, for example, to find a pot of buried gold, knowing that it brings with it new burdens. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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