(Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American
philosopher, essayist, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist
movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of
individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of
society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published
essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.)
- We are always getting ready to live, but never living.
- Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
- The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.
- Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
- To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
- Divine persons are victory organised.
- Money often costs too much.
- Humility is the secret of the wise.
- When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
- For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of
happiness.
- What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.
- 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.
- To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent
people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of
honest critics and to endure the betrayal of false friends. To
appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a
bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed
social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
- Men suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition
that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be
cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be
at the same time.
- Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can
learn of him.
- Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they are
executed.
- Give me health and a day, and I will make the pomp of emperors
ridiculous.
- Every thing in nature contains all the powers of nature. Every
thing is made of one hidden stuff.
- People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a
confession of character.
- Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you
peace but the triumph of principles.
- It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to
live for yourselves.
- Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life
is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
- Thus the so-called fortunate man is one who…relies on his
instincts, and simply does not act where he should not, but waits
his time, and without effort acts when the need is. If to this you
add a fitness to the society around him, you have the elements of
fortune.
- The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their
presence.
- A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I
may think aloud.
- To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you
something else is the greatest accomplishment.
- Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every
one of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the
members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each
shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The
virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.
It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
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