For the world was built in order around the atoms march in tune; Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder, The sun obeys them, and the moon. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson writing birthday book Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Ralph Waldo Emerson gardening soul spiritual If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. Ralph Waldo Emerson tongue nature men Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? Ralph Waldo Emerson self being-happy happiness It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. Ralph Waldo Emerson debt pay world People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never. Ralph Waldo Emerson balance easy people Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. Ralph Waldo Emerson curiosity waiting lying There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly. Ralph Waldo Emerson blessed beauty mean There is creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson reading education writing Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. Ralph Waldo Emerson self-esteem positive inspirational There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson clothes fashion dog In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes. Ralph Waldo Emerson library reading paper Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatness men long A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life. Ralph Waldo Emerson tasks house men By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. Ralph Waldo Emerson warp delight creative I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all. Ralph Waldo Emerson wish today thinking Every word was once a poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson poetry Tis the good reader that makes the good book. Ralph Waldo Emerson reading education book For, the sense of being which in calm hours rises, we know not how, in the soul, is not diverse from things, from space, from light, from time, from man, but one with them, and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also proceed. We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and of thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson light men lying Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. Ralph Waldo Emerson passion powerful spring
