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Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Communication, Cities, Language And Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.160

There was never anything that did not proceed from a thought.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2797, Delphi Classics

Books are for nothing but to inspire

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Book, Inspiration, Inspire
"The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson".

The antidote to this abuse of formal Government, is, the influence of private character, the growth of the Individual.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Government, Abuse
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1505, Delphi Classics

To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same fields, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Motivational, Beauty, Time
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.37, Penguin

Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life, Time, Kindness
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.46, Harvard University Press

The greater speed and success that distinguish the planting of the human race in this country, over all other plantations in history, owe themselves mainly to the new subdivisions of the State into small corporations of land and power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success, Country, Race
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2915, Delphi Classics

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspiration, Passion, Writing
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.58, Harvard University Press

Let not the tie be mercenary, though the service is measured in money. Make yourself necessary to somebody. Do not make life hard to any.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ties, Mercenary, Hard
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.146, Harvard University Press

Give me wine to wash me clean of the weather-stains of cares

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wine, Weather, Giving
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Emerson: Poems”, p.36, Everyman's Library

To make knowledge valuable, you must have the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom, Knowledge, Valuable
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2367, Delphi Classics

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom, Men, Justice

When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good Morning, Beautiful, Eye

For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thanksgiving, Song, Sweet

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trust, Loyalty, Truth
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.416

I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to get knowledge by raps on midnight tables, to learn the economy of the mind by phrenology, or skill without study, or mastery without apprenticeship.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hope, Hate, Rap
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2514, Delphi Classics

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops - no, but the kind of man the country turns out.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Country, Character, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.16, Harvard University Press

The world exists for the education of each man.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men, World
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1850). “Essays”, p.7

The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Angel, Moon, Night
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.11, Harvard University Press

Poverty consist in feeling poor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Feelings, Poverty, Poor
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “Society and Solitude: Twelve Chapters”, p.98, London S. Low, Son & Marston 1870.

To wade in marshes and sea margins is the destiny of certain bird, and they are so accurately made for this that they are imprisoned in those places. Each animal out of its habitat would starve. To the physician, each man, each woman, is an amplification of one organ. A soldier, a locksmith, a bank-clerk, and a dancer could not exchange functions. And thus we are victims of adaptation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Animal, Destiny, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (195?). “The works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in one volume: including the poems, philosophic and inspirational essays, and biographical studies”

Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men, Essentials, Action
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.49, Modern Library

Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Optimism, Choices, Speak
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2782, Delphi Classics

Nature is what you may do. There is much you may not do.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspirational, Nature, May
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume II”, p.323

As the gardener, by severe pruning, forces the sap of the tree into one or two vigorous limbs, so should you stop off your miscellaneous activity and concentrate your force on one or a few points.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Motivational, Two, Tree

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