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 Always the seer is a sayer. Somehow his dream is told; somehow he publishes it with solemn joy: sometimes with pencil on canvas, sometimes with chisel on stone, sometimes in towers and aisles of granite, his soul's worship is builded; sometimes in anthems of indefinite music, but clearest and most permanent, in words. Ralph Waldo Emerson soul dream joy ...as there is no screen or ceiling between our heads and the infinite heavens, so is there no bar or wall in the soul where man, the effect, ceases, and God, the cause, begins. The walls are taken away. We lie open on one side to the deeps of spiritual nature, to the attributes of God. Justice we see and know, Love, Freedom, Power. These natures no man ever got above, but they tower over us, and most in the moment when our interests tempt us to wound them. Ralph Waldo Emerson wall spiritual lying There is some awe mixed with the joy of our surprise, when this poet, who lived in some past world, two or three hundred years ago, says that which lies close to my own soul, that which I also had wellnigh thought and said. Ralph Waldo Emerson lying past years Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony. Ralph Waldo Emerson may mean needs It is commonly observed that a sudden wealth, like a prize drawn in a lottery or a large bequest to a poor family, does not permanently enrich. They have served no apprenticeship to wealth, and with the rapid wealth come rapid claims which they do not know how to deny, and the treasure is quickly dissipated. Ralph Waldo Emerson wisdom men knowledge In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father. Ralph Waldo Emerson men father son Only those books come down which deserve to last . All the gilt edges, vellum and morocco, all the presentation copies to all the libraries will not preserve a book in circulation beyond its intrinsic date. Ralph Waldo Emerson morocco library book Wisdom will never let us stand with any man on an unfriendly footing. We refuse sympathy and intimacy with people, as if we waited for some better sympathy or intimacy to come. But whence and when: Tomorrow will be like today. Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live. Ralph Waldo Emerson today-life wisdom men He who does a good deed is instantly ennobled. He who does a mean deed is by the action itself contracted. Ralph Waldo Emerson deeds doe mean The worthless and offensive members of society, whose existence is a social pest, invariably think themselves the most ill-used people alive, and never get over their astonishment at the ingratitude and selfishness of their contemporaries. Ralph Waldo Emerson selfishness people thinking The great man is not convulsible or tormentable; events pass over him without much impression. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatness events men A man in the wrong may more easily be convinced than one half right. Ralph Waldo Emerson half may men We thirst for approbation, yet cannot forgive the approver. Ralph Waldo Emerson thirst forgiving praise Dreams and beasts are two keys by which we find out the keys of our own nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson keys dream two Economy does not consist in saving the coal, but in using the time while it burns. Ralph Waldo Emerson coal saving doe There are geniuses in trade as well as in war, or the state, or letters; and the reason why this or that man is fortunate is not to be told. It lies in the man: that is all anybody can tell you about it. Ralph Waldo Emerson men war lying English history is aristocracy with the doors open. Who has courage and faculty, let him come in. Ralph Waldo Emerson english-history class doors I am ashamed to see what a shallow village tale our so-called history is. Ralph Waldo Emerson shallow village history There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing; clings to his form and manners, whilst poets have often nothing poetical about them except their verses. Ralph Waldo Emerson creativity writing believe Test of the poet is knowledge of love, Ralph Waldo Emerson tests poetry love
