One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson What goes on around you... compares little with what goes on inside you. Ralph Waldo Emerson compare goes-on littles Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration. Ralph Waldo Emerson paint speak house There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says anywhere but here. Ralph Waldo Emerson want-something sick different The sky is the ultimate art gallery just above us. Ralph Waldo Emerson space sky art We live by our imagination, our admirations, and our sentiments. Ralph Waldo Emerson admiration live-by imagination Men wish to be saved from the mischiefs of their vices, but not from their vices. Ralph Waldo Emerson vices wish men And truly it demands something god like in him who has cast off the common motives of humanity, and has ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster. High be his heart, faithful his will, clear his sight, that he may in good earnest be doctrine, society, law, to himself, that a simple purpose may be to him as strong as iron necessity is to others! Ralph Waldo Emerson strong simple heart If you would not be known to do anything, never do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson known inspirational character By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson rude bridges america Invention breeds invention. Ralph Waldo Emerson invention innovation Some men, at the approach of a dispute, neigh like horses. Ralph Waldo Emerson disputes horse men Every natural action is graceful. Ralph Waldo Emerson natural action No man can help another without helping himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson helping men As a man thinketh, so is he, and as a man chooseth, so is he. Ralph Waldo Emerson a-man-thinketh decision men A weed is a plant whose virtue is not yet known. Ralph Waldo Emerson weed virtue plant We live in succession, in division, in parts and particles. Meantime, within man, is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty to which every part and particle is equally related; the eternal One. Ralph Waldo Emerson silence wise men There is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure. Ralph Waldo Emerson cures disease doe Sleep is not, death is not; Who seem to die Live. House you were born in, Friends of your spring-time, old man and young maid, Day's toil and it's guerdon, They are all vanishing, Fleeing to fables, Cannot be moored Ralph Waldo Emerson sleep spring men Valor consists in the power of self-recovery, so that a man cannot have his flank turned, cannot be out-generalled, but put him where you will, he stands. Ralph Waldo Emerson recovery self men The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatness dream men
