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There is a crack in everything God has made

There is a crack in everything God has made

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1848). “Essays, Orations and Lectures”, p.62

Invention breeds invention.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2005). “The Selected Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.330, University of Georgia Press

Who makes and keeps the Jew or the Negro base, who but you, who exclude them from the rights which others enjoy?

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Richard Lee Grossman (2005). “A Year with Emerson: A Daybook”, p.61, David R. Godine Publisher

Nor knowest thou what argument Thy life to thy neighbor's creed has lent. All are needed by each one; Nothing is fair or good alone.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.8, Harvard University Press

God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Albert J. Von Frank (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Major Poetry”, p.171, Harvard University Press

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1068, Library of America

A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.4069, Delphi Classics

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Self-Reliance and Other Essays”, p.115, Courier Corporation

Conservatism, ever more timorous and narrow, disgusts the children, and drives them for a mouthful of fresh air into radicalism.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.334

Government has been a fossil: it should be a plant.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.221, Library of America

See only that thou work and thou canst not escape the reward.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1534, Delphi Classics

A vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2781, Delphi Classics

A man is the facade of a temple wherein all wisdom and all good abide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.387, Library of America