Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power. Ralph Waldo Emerson power We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap? Ralph Waldo Emerson safetygreatnessmotivational Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding. Ralph Waldo Emerson spiritualinspirationalpeace We are thus assisted by natural objects in the expression of particular meanings. But how great a language to convey such pepper-corn informations! Ralph Waldo Emerson pepperscornexpression Let him be great, and love shall follow him. Nothing is more deeply punished than the neglect of the affinities by which alone society should be formed, and the insane levity of choosing associates by others eyes. Ralph Waldo Emerson insaneand-loveeye There is a kind of latent omniscience, not only in every man, but in every particle. Ralph Waldo Emerson trifleskindmen Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any. Ralph Waldo Emerson mercenaryhardties The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power. Ralph Waldo Emerson racesuccesscountry It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book. Ralph Waldo Emerson learningsciencebook These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone 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. Ralph Waldo Emerson selfnamesreality Every day brings a ship, Every ship brings a word; Well for those who have no fear, Looking seaward well assured That the word the vessel brings Is the word they wish to hear. Ralph Waldo Emerson shipsno-fearwish Unhappily, no man exists who has not in his own person become, to some amount, a stockholder in the sin, and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation. Ralph Waldo Emerson sinresponsibilitymen All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson life-isnaps By God, I will not obey this filthy enactment! Ralph Waldo Emerson carpecarpe-diemfilthy If a man carefully examine his thoughts he will be surprised to find how much he lives in the future. His well-being is always ahead. Such a creature is probably immortal. Ralph Waldo Emerson immortalfuturemen It is the secret of the world that all things subsist and do not die, but only retire a little from sight and afterward return again. Ralph Waldo Emerson soulsightdeath But harder still it has proved to resist and rule the dragon Money, with his paper wings. Chancellors and Boards of Trade, Pitt, Peel, and Bobinson, and their parliaments, and their whole generation, adopted false principles, and went to their graves in the belief that they were enriching the country which they were impoverishing. Ralph Waldo Emerson dragonsprinciplescountry A skilful man reads his dreams for his selfknowledge; yet not the details, but the quality. Ralph Waldo Emerson dreammenlife We read often with as much talent as we write. Ralph Waldo Emerson talentreadingwriting The cheapness of man is every day's tragedy. Ralph Waldo Emerson frugalitytragedymen
