The most active lives have so much routine as to preclude progress almost equally with the most inactive. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson A dilettantism in nature is barren and unworthy. A fop of fields is no better than his brother on Broadway. Ralph Waldo Emerson broadway fields brother The good husband finds method as efficient in the packing of fire-wood in a shed, or in the harvesting of fruits in the cellar, as in Peninsular campaigns or the files of the Department of State. Ralph Waldo Emerson campaigns husband fire Examples are cited by soldiers, of men who have seen the cannon pointed, and the fire given to it, and who have stepped aside from he path of the ball. The terrors of the storm are chiefly confined to the parlour and the cabin. Ralph Waldo Emerson soldier fire men Happy will that house be in which the relations are formed from character; after the highest, and not after the lowest order; the house in which character marries, and not confusion and a miscellany of unavowable motives. Ralph Waldo Emerson happy character order You will think me very pedantic, gentlemen, but holiday though it may be, I have not the smallest interest in any holiday, except as it celebrates real and not pretended joys. Ralph Waldo Emerson holiday real thinking The intellect,-that is miraculous! Who has it, has the talisman: his skin and bones, though they were of the color of night, are transparent, and the everlasting stars shine through, with attractive beams. Ralph Waldo Emerson color stars night To be rich is to have a ticket of admission to the masterworks and chief men of each race. It is to have the sea, by voyaging; to visit the mountains, Niagara, the Nile, the desert, Rome, Paris, Constantinople: to see galleries, libraries, arsenals, manufactories. Ralph Waldo Emerson rome race men Fear, when your friends say to you what you have done well, and say it through; but when they stand with uncertain timid looks of respect and half-dislike, and must suspend their judgement for years to come, you may begin to hope. Ralph Waldo Emerson respect judgement years Bonaparte knew but one merit, and rewarded in one and the same way the good soldier, the good astronomer, the good poet, the good player. Ralph Waldo Emerson player soldier way Deep insight will always, like Nature, ultimate its thought in a thing. Ralph Waldo Emerson ultimate insight The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible; but all natural objects make a kindred impression, when the mind is open to their influence. Nature never wears a mean appearance. Ralph Waldo Emerson stars mind mean Some will always be above others. Ralph Waldo Emerson Always maintain your common sense and artful skills, and funnel it all into plain enough dealings. Ralph Waldo Emerson common-sense skills enough In imitation is a bit suicide. Ralph Waldo Emerson imitation bits suicide If you want a friend you need to be a friend. Ralph Waldo Emerson ifs want needs If you take in a lie, you must take in all that belongs to it. Ralph Waldo Emerson ifs lying I will not hide my tastes or aversions. If you are true, but not in the same truth with me, cleave to your companions; I will seek my own. Ralph Waldo Emerson companion aversion taste The secret of success in education is respecting the students. Ralph Waldo Emerson secret-to-success students secret The only method to possess a buddy is always to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson method buddy Ability without honor has no value. Ralph Waldo Emerson values ability honor
