Magic and all that is ascribed to it is a deep presentiment of the powers of science. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man. Ralph Waldo Emerson imagination men art A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us Ralph Waldo Emerson instinct intuition strong The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried. Ralph Waldo Emerson states power love Line in Nature is not found; Unit and Universe are round. Ralph Waldo Emerson lines nature science The astronomers said, 'Give us matter and a little motion and we will construct the universe. It is not enough that we should have matter, we must also have a single impulse, one shove to launch the mass and generate the harmony of the centrifugal and centripetal forces.' ... There is no end to the consequences of the act. That famous aboriginal push propagates itself through all the balls of the system, and through every atom of every ball. Ralph Waldo Emerson should-have giving science The highest proof of civility is that the whole public action of the State is directed on securing the greatest good of the greatest number. Ralph Waldo Emerson civility action numbers Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. Ralph Waldo Emerson exaggeration-is function vices Perpetual modernism is the measure of merit in every work of art. Ralph Waldo Emerson merit work art The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. Ralph Waldo Emerson adventure years art Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor. Ralph Waldo Emerson innovation insightful men Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified. Ralph Waldo Emerson glowing audience experience Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west. Ralph Waldo Emerson east book thinking Be a little careful about your library. Do you foresee what you will do with it? Very little to be sure. But the real question is what it will do with you? You will come here and get books that will open your eyes, and your ears, and your curiosity, and turn you inside out or outside in. Ralph Waldo Emerson eye real book We are the prisoners of ideas. Ralph Waldo Emerson prisoner conflict ideas Two may talk and one may hear, but three cannot take part in a conversation of the most sincere and searching sort. Ralph Waldo Emerson three may two New arts destroy the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson destruction artist art No sensible person ever made an apology. Ralph Waldo Emerson apology sensible made New York is a sucked orange. Ralph Waldo Emerson orange new-york Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls. The least admixture of a lie-for example, the taint of vanity, the least attempt to make a good impression, a favorable appearance-will instantly vitiate the effect. Ralph Waldo Emerson wall honesty lying What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interior energy; only the precursor of the reason. Ralph Waldo Emerson arms energy imagination
