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 Power is in nature the essential measure of right. Ralph Waldo Emerson essentials nature Nature is no sentimentalist, - does not cosset or pamper us. We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will not mind drowning a man or a woman; but swallows your ship like a grain of dust. The cold, inconsiderate of persons, tingles your blood, benumbs your feet, freezes a man like an apple. The diseases, the elements, fortune, gravity, lightning, respect no persons. Ralph Waldo Emerson dust nature men Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles. Ralph Waldo Emerson nature summer song As I walked in the woods I felt what I often feel that nothing can befall me in life, no calamity, no disgrace (leaving me my eyes) to which Nature will not offer a sweet consolation. Standing on the bare ground with my head bathed by the blithe air, & uplifted into the infinite space, I become happy in my universal relations. The name of the nearest friend sounds then foreign & accidental. I am the heir of uncontained beauty and power. Ralph Waldo Emerson nature eye sweet I thought as I rode in the cold pleasant light of Sunday morning how silent & passive nature offers, every morn, her wealth to man; she is immensely rich, he is welcome to her entire goods, which he speaks no word, only leaves over doors ajar, hall, store room, & cellar. He may do as he will: if he takes her hint & uses her goods, she speaks no word; if he blunders & starves, she says nothing. Ralph Waldo Emerson sunday nature morning At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and foolish. Ralph Waldo Emerson nature wise men It is very odd that Nature should be so unscrupulous. She is no saint . . . Ralph Waldo Emerson saint odd nature I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind. Ralph Waldo Emerson humility real success Excellence is the new forever. Ralph Waldo Emerson learning teaching forever All great successes are the triumph of persistence. Ralph Waldo Emerson persistence triumph success The soul is not born; it does not die; it was not produced from anyone Unborn, eternal, it is not slain, though the body is slain. Ralph Waldo Emerson body soul doe Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression. Ralph Waldo Emerson oppression vote democracy A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule. Ralph Waldo Emerson self motivational men Among provocatives, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. I have even more thoughts during or enduring it than at other times. Ralph Waldo Emerson next communication language The world looks like a multiplication-table, or a mathematical equation, which, turn it how you will, balances itself. Ralph Waldo Emerson mathematical-equations balance looks The field cannot be seen from within the field. Ralph Waldo Emerson seeing fields Nothing is quite beautiful alone; nothing but is beautiful in the whole. A single object is only so far beautiful as it suggests this universal grace. Ralph Waldo Emerson universal grace beautiful Go put your creed into your deed, Nor speak with double tongue. Ralph Waldo Emerson tongue deeds grace I find that the Americans have no passions, they have appetites. Ralph Waldo Emerson appetite nationalism passion Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tiedoes not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will. Ralph Waldo Emerson omnipotence patriotic losing
