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 A walk in the woods is only an exalted dream. Ralph Waldo Emerson woods walks dream This very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence. Ralph Waldo Emerson learning eye men I am become a transparent eyeball. Ralph Waldo Emerson transparent eyeballs spiritual Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power. Ralph Waldo Emerson war science mean The genius is a genius by the first look he casts on any object. Is his eye creative? Does he not rest in angles and colors, but beholds the design,--he will presently undervalue the actual object. Ralph Waldo Emerson color eye creative America is not civil, whilst Africa is barbarous. Ralph Waldo Emerson slavery america Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. Ralph Waldo Emerson benefactors wickedness evil Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession. Ralph Waldo Emerson games love-is friendship Shakespeare possesses the power of subordinating nature for the purposes of expression, beyond all poets. His imperial muse tosses the creation like a bauble from hand to hand, and uses it to embody any caprice of thought that is uppermost in his mind. The remotest spaces of nature are visited, and the farthest sundered things are brought together, by subtle spiritual connection. We are made aware that magnitude of material things is relative, and all objects shrink and expand to serve the passion of the poet. Ralph Waldo Emerson nature spiritual mother The only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson shepherds lambs poetry It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once a poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson philosophy long art On bravely through the sunshine and the showers! Ralph Waldo Emerson sunshine showers work I may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read. Ralph Waldo Emerson reading use book The only true gifts are a portion of yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson true-gifts portions A child convinced against his will is of the same opinion still. Ralph Waldo Emerson rewards done children Every thing admonishes us how needlessly long life is. Ralph Waldo Emerson life long death Under the dominion of an idea, which possesses the minds of multitudes, as civil freedom, or the religious sentiment, the power ofpersons are no longer subjects of calculation. A nation of men unanimously bent on freedom, or conquest, can easily confound the arithmetic of statists, and achieve extravagant actions, out of all proportion to their means; as, the Greeks, the Saracens, the Swiss, the Americans, and the French have done. Ralph Waldo Emerson religious men mean The forest waves, the morning breaks, Ralph Waldo Emerson nature morning life We will walk on our own feet; we will work with our own hands; we will speak our own minds... A nation of men will for the first time exist, because each believes himself inspired by the Divine Soul which also inspires all men. Ralph Waldo Emerson men believe hands The soul is no traveller; the wise man stays at home, and when his necessities, his duties, on any occasion call him from his house, or into foreign lands, he is at home still, and shall make men sensible by the expression of his countenance, that he goes the missionary of wisdom and virtue, and visits cities and men like a sovereign, and not like an interloper or a valet. Ralph Waldo Emerson wise home men
