Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson More Quotes From Ralph Waldo Emerson A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents. Ralph Waldo Emerson blame faults men Things have their laws as well as men, and things refuse to be trifled with. Ralph Waldo Emerson wells law men The vanishing, volatile froth of the present which any shadow will alter, any thought blow away, any event annihilate, is every moment converted into the adamantine. Ralph Waldo Emerson optimism shadow blow Everything in nature is bipolar, or has a positive and a negative pole. Ralph Waldo Emerson bipolar nature science Old & New put their stamp to everything in Nature. The snowflake that is now falling is marked by both. The present moment gives the motion & the color of the flake: Antiquity, its form & properties. All things wear a luster which is the gift of the present & a tarnish of time. Ralph Waldo Emerson color nature fall How much we forgive to those who yield us the rare spectacle of heroic manners! We will pardon them the want of books, or arts, and even of gentler virtues. How tenaciously we remember them! Ralph Waldo Emerson hero book art Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art. Ralph Waldo Emerson beauty love art Self reliance, the height and perfection of man, is reliance on God. Ralph Waldo Emerson perfection self men God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do. Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain. Ralph Waldo Emerson coward certain made It is better to suffer injustice than to do it. Ralph Waldo Emerson injustice suffering Blame is safer than praise Ralph Waldo Emerson blame criticism praise When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are. Ralph Waldo Emerson soul god rose If you don't ride in the rain, you don't ride. Ralph Waldo Emerson riding-your-bike motorcycle rain The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add. Ralph Waldo Emerson titles names men Friends should be like books, easy to find when you need them, but seldom used. Ralph Waldo Emerson friendship book needs The soul comes from without into the human body, as into a temporary abode, and it goes out of it anew it passes into other habitations, for the soul is immortal. Ralph Waldo Emerson reincarnation body soul Man's life is a progress, not a station. Ralph Waldo Emerson happiness men life Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era. Ralph Waldo Emerson keys justice men The reward of commercial civilization is the ability to consume a never-ending array of products.There are limits beyond which commodities cannot be multiplied without preventing their consumers from affirming themselves through the exercise of their personal freedom.When market dependence reaches a certain threshold it deprives people of their power to live creatively and to act autonomously. And precisely because this new impotence is so deeply experienced, it is expressed with difficulty. Ralph Waldo Emerson exercise civilization people Hospitality consists in a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet Ralph Waldo Emerson love relationship friendship
