If you are wise, you will dread a prosperity which only loads you with more. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Patience and fortitude conquer all things. Ralph Waldo Emerson be-patientsuccesspatience There was never anything that did not proceed from a thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man's library is a sort of harem. Ralph Waldo Emerson libraryenthusiasmmen We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalinspirationallife To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men - that is genius... Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist... What I must do, is all that concerns me; not what the people think... Nothing can bring you peace but yourself; nothing, but the triumph of principles. Ralph Waldo Emerson heartmenbelieve There is always a best way of doing everything. Ralph Waldo Emerson best-wayexcellenceway As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. Ralph Waldo Emerson principlesmaymen Whatever limits us we call fate. Ralph Waldo Emerson fatelimitsattitude Everything in our world, even a drop of dew, is a microcosm of the universe. Ralph Waldo Emerson naturespiritualinspirational We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. Ralph Waldo Emerson gainstemptationinspirational There are moods in which we court suffering, in the hope that here, at least, we shall find reality, sharp peaks and edges of truth. But it turns out to be scene-painting and counterfeit. The only thing grief has taught me is to know how shallow it is. Ralph Waldo Emerson paingriefreality No great man ever complains of want of opportunity. Ralph Waldo Emerson motherhoodopportunityinspirational The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions. Ralph Waldo Emerson inspiringinspirationallife Enthusiasm is the engine of success. Ralph Waldo Emerson enginescongratulationsenthusiasm Shall I tell you the secret of the true scholar? It is this: every man I meet is my master in some point, and in that I learn of him. Ralph Waldo Emerson learningmotivationalmen Research is not seeing what others do not see, it is seeing the same thing as other people and thinking what they do not. Ralph Waldo Emerson researchpeoplethinking We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul. Ralph Waldo Emerson moonhealinganimal An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. Ralph Waldo Emerson cleversuccessinspirational Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think. Ralph Waldo Emerson strengthsuccessinspirational Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us. Ralph Waldo Emerson naturespiritmade
