In all things I would have the island of a man inviolate. Let us sit apart as the gods, talking from peak to peak all round Olympus. No degree of affection need invade this religion. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. Ralph Waldo Emerson optimistichappinessinspirational If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail--and you eventually will if you stick to the job--they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson sticksjobsworld Our strength grows out of our weakness. Ralph Waldo Emerson encouragementstrengthpositive The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. Ralph Waldo Emerson wisdominspirationallife A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine. Ralph Waldo Emerson routineessentialschildren Your genuine action will explain itself, and Ralph Waldo Emerson conformityactioninspirational People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment. Ralph Waldo Emerson chancemomentspeople The civility of no race can be perfect whilst another race is degraded. It is a doctrine alike of the oldest and of the newest philosophy, that man is one, and that you cannot injure any member, without a sympathetic injury to all the members Ralph Waldo Emerson racemenphilosophy The first wealth is health. Ralph Waldo Emerson yogafitnesslife It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson positivebest-friendfriendship The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalinspirationallife When a man becomes a conformist, he is sacrificing the richness of independent thinking. Ralph Waldo Emerson sacrificeindependentmen I suffer whenever I see that common sight of a parent or senior imposing his opinion and way of thinking and being on a young soul to which they are totally unfit. Cannot we let people be themselves, and enjoy life in their own way? You are trying to make that man another you. One's enough. Ralph Waldo Emerson seniormenthinking We acquire the strength we have overcome. Ralph Waldo Emerson encouragingstrengthinspirational Lose yourself in nature and find peace Ralph Waldo Emerson finding-peaceenvironmentnature People only see what they are prepared to see. Ralph Waldo Emerson changespiritualinspirational Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. Ralph Waldo Emerson readingspiritualbible Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. Ralph Waldo Emerson spiritualbeautifulbeauty The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food. In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows. Ralph Waldo Emerson realrunningmen It takes a good deal of character to judge a person by his future instead of his past Ralph Waldo Emerson judgingcharacterpast
