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Genius is its own end.

Genius is its own end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius, Ends
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.133, ReadHowYouWant.com

But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise, Character, Government
Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.250, Harvard University Press

The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Animal, Boxing, Boxers

The flowers talk when the wind blows over them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flower, Blow, Wind
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.240, Harvard University Press

Mankind have such a deep stake in inward illumination, that there is much to be said by the hermit or monk in defence of his life of thought and prayer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prayer, Illumination, Inward
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.749, Library of America

So all that is said of the wise man by Stoic or Oriental or modern essayist, describes to each reader his own idea, describes his unattained but attainable self.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wise, Men, Self
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.3, Courier Corporation

If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the government or against it, spread your table like base housekeepers, - under all these screens I have diffuculty to detect the precise man you are: and of course so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. But do your work and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself. A man must consider what a blind-man's bluff is this game of conformity. If I know your sect I anticipate your argument.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Party, Men, Games
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2017). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.144, Broadview Press

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Karma, Wise, Fate
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.48, Harvard University Press

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tongue, Prison, Fame
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.299, Library of America

There is more in every person's soul than we think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thinking, Soul, Persons

My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kings, Freedom, Angel
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.206, Delphi Classics

Take the place and attitude to which you see your unquestionable right, and all men acquiesce.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attitude, Acceptance, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.101, Harvard University Press

Skepticism is slow suicide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Suicide, Suicidal, Skepticism
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.340, University of Georgia Press

Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Society acquires new arts, and loses old instincts.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art, Society, Gains
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1808). “Select Essays and Poems”, p.59

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Real, Character, Society
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.119, Harvard University Press

Silence is a solvent that destroys personality, and gives us leave to be great and universal.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Giving, Silence, Personality
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.426, Library of America

The history of persecution is a history of endeavors to cheat nature, to make water run up hill, to twist a rope of sand.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Running, Nature, Water
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.37, 谷月社

The poisons are our principal medicines, which kill the disease and save the life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life, Medicine, Poison
The Conduct of Life Ch. 7

Homeopathy is insignificant as an act of healing, but of great value as criticism on the hygeia or medical practice of the time.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Healing, Practice, Criticism
Essays (Second series) 'Nominalist and Realist'

We fly to beauty as an asylum from the terrors of finite nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty, Nature, Asylums
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1972). “Early Lectures: 1838-1842”, p.117, Harvard University Press

Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he would be a great soul in future must be a great soul now.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Soul, Would Be, Duration
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2356, Delphi Classics

Genius Borrows nobly.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius, Plagiarism
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Letters and Social Aims”, p.154

The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech; he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Business, Men, Hug
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2000). “Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson: (A Modern Library E-Book)”, p.812, Modern Library

Nothing is great but the inexhaustible wealth of nature.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature, Wealth
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.73, Harvard University Press

I like people who can do things

Ralph Waldo Emerson
People, Can Do
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.3095, Delphi Classics

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