A man is but a little thing in the midst of the objects of nature, yet, by the moral quality radiating from his countenance, he may abolish all considerations of magnitude, and in his manners equal the majesty of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson But it is a cold, lifeless business when you go to the shops to buy something, which does not represent your life and talent, but a goldsmith's. Ralph Waldo Emerson shopping doe giving He who would be a man must therefore be a non-conformist. Ralph Waldo Emerson innovation creativity men Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs. Ralph Waldo Emerson affair truth justice An orator or author is never successful till he has learned to make his words smaller than his ideas. Ralph Waldo Emerson learning success ideas An individual has a healthy personality to the exact degree to which they have the propensity to look for the good in every situation. Ralph Waldo Emerson healthy personality looks The house praises the carpenter. Ralph Waldo Emerson achievement praise house For nonconformity the world will whip you with its displeasure. Ralph Waldo Emerson nonconformity whips world Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window. Ralph Waldo Emerson motor-racing car dog Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. Ralph Waldo Emerson math love science I am old, yet I look at wise men and see that I am very young. I look over those stars yonder, and into the myriads of the aspirant and ordered souls, and see I am a stranger and a youth and have yet my spurs to win. Too ridiculous are these airs of age. Ralph Waldo Emerson stars wise winning Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson mind men thinking It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports. Ralph Waldo Emerson quality actors numbers I think sometimes could I only have music on my own terms, could I live in a great city, and know where I could go whenever I wished the ablution and inundation of musical waves, that were a bath and a medicine. Ralph Waldo Emerson music cities thinking Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole. Ralph Waldo Emerson crystals nature perfection The great will not condescend to take anything seriously. Ralph Waldo Emerson hero When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. Ralph Waldo Emerson good-morning eye beautiful All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivational positive life The whole value of the dime is in knowing what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson dimes money knowing Plato says that the punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is, to live under the government of worse men; and the like regret is suggested to all the auditors, as the penalty of abstaining to speak,--that they shall hear worse orators than themselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson regret plato wise Do what you know and perception is converted into character. Ralph Waldo Emerson thrive perception character
