It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Thought is the seed of action. Ralph Waldo Emerson health action inspirational Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence. The most exact calculator has noprescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment. I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine. Ralph Waldo Emerson events god men If you love and serve man, you cannot, by any hiding or stratagem, escape remuneration. Ralph Waldo Emerson hiding careers men Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson essentials action men Character teaches above our wills. Ralph Waldo Emerson teach character God hid the whole world in thy heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson whole heart world There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. Ralph Waldo Emerson pain kindness joy What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right. Ralph Waldo Emerson spiritual heart thinking Improve your spare moments and they will become the brightest gems in your life. Ralph Waldo Emerson jewelry moments jewels Thought is the seed of action; but action is as much its second form as thought is its first. Ralph Waldo Emerson thoughtful firsts thinking Whenever a mind is simple and receives an old wisdom, old things pass away,--means, teachers, texts, temples fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into present hour. All things are made sacred by relation to it,--one as much as another. Ralph Waldo Emerson future teacher fall If the king is in the palace, nobody looks at the walls. It is when he is gone, and the house is filled with grooms and gazers, that we turn from the people, to find relief in the majestic men that are suggested by the pictures and the architecture. Ralph Waldo Emerson wall leadership kings We surround ourselves with the true image of ourselves. Ralph Waldo Emerson surround There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence. Ralph Waldo Emerson garden perfect rose Let the amelioration in our laws of property proceed from the concession of the rich, not from the grasping of the poor. Let us understand that the equitable rule is, that no one should take more than his share, let him be ever so rich. Ralph Waldo Emerson rich wealth law In the sublimest flights of the soul, rectitude is never surmounted, love is never outgrown. Ralph Waldo Emerson flight soul love Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you. Ralph Waldo Emerson spontaneous spontaneity action So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours. Ralph Waldo Emerson routine preparation time You must pay for conformity. All goes well as long as you run with conformists. But you, who are honest men in other particulars, know that there is alive somewhere a man whose honesty reaches to this point also, that he shall not kneel to false gods, and, on the day when you meet him, you sink into the class of counterfeits. Ralph Waldo Emerson honesty running men Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on. Ralph Waldo Emerson road-to-success ifs goes-on
