When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding. Ralph Waldo Emerson writingbirthdaybook Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Ralph Waldo Emerson gardeningsoulspiritual If the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest. Ralph Waldo Emerson tonguenaturemen Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? Ralph Waldo Emerson selfbeing-happyhappiness It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. Ralph Waldo Emerson debtpayworld People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never. Ralph Waldo Emerson balanceeasypeople Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret. Ralph Waldo Emerson curiositywaitinglying There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly. Ralph Waldo Emerson blessedbeautymean There is creative reading as well as creative writing. Ralph Waldo Emerson readingeducationwriting Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. Ralph Waldo Emerson self-esteempositiveinspirational There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes. Ralph Waldo Emerson clothesfashiondog In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes. Ralph Waldo Emerson libraryreadingpaper Greatness is a property for which no man gets credit too soon; it must be possessed long before it is acknowledged. Ralph Waldo Emerson greatnessmenlong A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life. Ralph Waldo Emerson taskshousemen By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. Ralph Waldo Emerson warpdelightcreative I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all. Ralph Waldo Emerson wishtodaythinking Every word was once a poem. Ralph Waldo Emerson poetry Tis the good reader that makes the good book. Ralph Waldo Emerson readingeducationbook For, the sense of being which in calm hours rises, we know not how, in the soul, is not diverse from things, from space, from light, from time, from man, but one with them, and proceeds obviously from the same source whence their life and being also proceed. We first share the life by which things exist, and afterwards see them as appearances in nature, and forget that we have shared their cause. Here is the fountain of action and of thought. Ralph Waldo Emerson lightmenlying Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring. Ralph Waldo Emerson passionpowerfulspring
