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The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stupid, Power, Men

You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Joy, Said
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Joel Porte (1982). “Emerson in His Journals”, p.292, Harvard University Press

Vigor is contagious, and whatever makes us either think or feel strongly adds to our power and enlarges our field of action.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Meaningful, Power, Thinking
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.448, Рипол Классик

Do the thing and you will have the power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Confidence, Power, Acting

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Encouraging, Nature, Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.1003, Library of America

But dare rather to quit the platform, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, & swim far, so shall you come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain & overlook the old. Trust your emotion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Inspirational, Peace, Power
"A Year with Emerson: A Daybook".

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Courage, Recovery, Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.179, Penguin

A good indignation brings out all one's powers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Hate, Anger, Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1960). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1841-1843”, p.134, Harvard University Press

Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Reality, Quality
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.315, University of Georgia Press

Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1954). “The Power of Emerson's Wisdom”

Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse-power of the understanding

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Horse, Power, Understanding
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1880). “Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”

Every natural power exhilarates; a true talent delights the possessor first.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Delight, Firsts
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.84, University of Georgia Press

He only is a well-made man who has a good determination. And the end of culture is not to destroy this, God forbid! but to train away all impediment and mixture and leave nothing but pure power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Determination, Power, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.71, Harvard University Press

Success goes thus invariably with a certain plus or positive power: an ounce of power must balance an ounce of weight.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success, Power, Balance
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860). “Power, Wealth, Illusions”, p.28

Men such as they are, very naturally seek money or power; and power because it is as good as money.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Money, Power, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.160, Courier Corporation

A man is the prisoner of his power. A topical memory makes him an almanac; a talent for debate, disputant; skill to get money makes him a miser, that is, a beggar. Culture reduces these inflammations by invoking the aid of other powers against the dominant talent, and by appealing to the rank of powers. It watches success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Memories, Power, Men
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.363

There is never a beginning, there is never an end, to the inexplicable continuity of this web of God, but always circular power returning into itself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
God, Power, Ends
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.63, Penguin

Since everything in nature answers to a moral power, if any phenomenon remains brute and dark, it is that the corresponding faculty in the observer is not yet active.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dark, Power, Perception
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.208, Harvard University Press

Power educates the potentate.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Educate
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860). “Power, Wealth, Illusions”, p.17

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Violence, Absence
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson (2015). “Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.499, Harvard University Press

The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature, Power, Doe
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2008). “The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.10, Penguin

Wherever there is power, there is age. Don't be deceived by dimples and curls. I tell you that babe is a thousand years old.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Years, Age
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude”, p.160, Harvard University Press

There is no thought in any mind, but it quickly tends to convert itself into power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Power, Thinking, Mind
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.231, Penguin

Talent for talent's sake is a bauble and a show. Talent working with joy in the cause of universal truth lifts the possessor to new power as a benefactor.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Truth, Power, Joy
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2631, 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
Power, Depth, Vivid
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2781, Delphi Classics

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