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There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.

There are days when the great are near us, when there is no frown on their brow, no condescension even; when they take us by the hand, and we share their thought.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Greatness, Hands, Share
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2464, Delphi Classics

The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Time, Perfect, Rose
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Essays”, p.27, Xist Publishing

Whoever fights, whoever falls, Justice conquers evermore

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fall, Fighting, Justice
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.211, Delphi Classics

Women have a less accurate measure of time than men; there is a clock in Adam, none in Eve.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Women, Clock, Adam
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred R. Ferguson (1965). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume V: 1835-1838”, p.119, Harvard University Press

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.[What is a sorrow? A feeling whose benefits have not yet been discovered]

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Weed, Gratitude, Feelings

[Gratitude is] the cheerfulness of wisdom.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Gratitude, Cheerfulness

He is a dull observer whose experience has not taught him the reality and force of magic, as well as of chemistry.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reality, Magic, Dull
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1460, Delphi Classics

But every jet of chaos which threatens to exterminate us is convertible by intellect into wholesome force. Fate is unpenetrated causes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Fate, Causes, Chaos
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.265, Penguin

Look out! Behind you!

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stupidity, Looks, Behind You

At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
World, Conspiracy, Trifles
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Orations and Lectures”, p.42

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience. We paint those qualities which we do not posses.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing, Quality, Paint
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.72, Graphic Arts Books

Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen thousand foot mountain... avoid prettiness - the word looks much like pettiness - and there is but little difference between them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sunset, Differences, Feet

Writing should be the settlement of dew on the leaf.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing, Dew, Should
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.384, Penguin

In the order of nature, we cannot render benefits to those from whom we receive them, or only seldom. But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody. Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hands, Order, Benefits
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Jean Ferguson Carr (1987). “The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.66, Harvard University Press

Genius is power, talent is applicability.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Genius, Talent
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph H. Orth, Glen M. Johnson (1994). “The Topical Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.136, University of Missouri Press

In America and Europe, the nomadism is of trade and curiosity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Europe, America, Curiosity
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays: First and Second Series”, p.32, Library of America

A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hero, Men, Brave

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power. When a god wishes to ride, any chip or pebble will bud and shoot out winged feet, and serve him for a horse.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Horse, Feet, Clothes
Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.427, Harvard University Press

The influence of the senses have in men overpowered the thought to the degree that the walls of time and space have come to look solid, real and insurmountable. .. Yet time and space are but inverse measures of the power of the mind. Man is capable of abolishing them both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wall, Real, Men

Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Character, Men, Conscience
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1454, Delphi Classics

When I bought my farm, I did not know what a bargain I had in the bluebirds, daffodils and thrushes; as little did I know what sublime mornings and sunsets I was buying.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Morning, Sunset, Sublime

Man's actions are the picture book of his creeds.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Book, Men, Action

Add energy, inspire hope, and blow the coals into a useful flame.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Blow, Flames, Inspire
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.105, Penguin

The whole of what we know is a system of compensation. Every defect in one manner is made up in another. Every suffering is rewarded; every sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sacrifice, Suffering, Debt
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.45, David R. Godine Publisher

The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature, Eye, Circles
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Joseph Slater, Jean Ferguson Carr (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.179, Harvard University Press

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