Things refuse to be mismanaged for long. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Speak what you think today in hard words and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. Ralph Waldo Emerson tomorrowtodaythinking Heroism works in contradiction to the voice of mankind and in contradiction, for a time, to the voice of the great and good. Heroism is an obedience to a secret impulse of an individual Ralph Waldo Emerson heroismvoicesecret The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. Ralph Waldo Emerson motivationalinspirationallife Let every man shovel out his own snow and the whole city will be passable. Ralph Waldo Emerson citiesresponsibilitymen There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word. Ralph Waldo Emerson right-wordsguidancelistening Fate is unpenetrated causes. Ralph Waldo Emerson fatecauses Standing on the bare ground,--my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space,--all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God. Ralph Waldo Emerson naturefaithmean Valor consists in the power of self recovery. Ralph Waldo Emerson recoverypowercourage Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of Nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson respectnaturechildren The Jews believed Jerusalem to be the centre. I have seen a kratometric chart designed to show that the city of Philadelphia was in the same thermic belt, and, by inference, in the same belt of empire, as the cities of Athens, Rome, and London. It was drawn by a patriotic Philadelphian, and was examined with pleasure, under his showing, by the inhabitants of Chestnut Street. But, when carried to Charleston, to New Orleans, and to Boston, it somehow failed to convince the ingenious scholars of all those capitals. Ralph Waldo Emerson bostonpatrioticcities The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not. Ralph Waldo Emerson transitionconsciousaction It all begins when the soul would have its way with you. Ralph Waldo Emerson new-beginningssoulway In youth, we clothe ourselves with rainbows, with hope & love, & go as brave as the zodiack. In age we put out another sort of perspiration; gout, fever, rheumatism, caprice, doubt, fretting, and avarice. Ralph Waldo Emerson rainbowbravedoubt Nature always wears the colors of the spirit. Ralph Waldo Emerson colornaturepositive The world is so beautiful that I can hardly believe it exists. Ralph Waldo Emerson beautifulbelieveworld I please myself with the graces of the winter scenery, and believe that we are as much touched by it as by the genial influences of summer. Ralph Waldo Emerson summerwinterbelieve The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour. Ralph Waldo Emerson moralperceptionbook The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. Ralph Waldo Emerson selfishnessselfishworld There can be no high civility without a deep morality, though it may not always call itself by that name. Ralph Waldo Emerson moralitynamesmay A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature. Ralph Waldo Emerson patiencerelationshipfriendship
