Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Simplicity
Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). “Essays and Lectures”, p.100, Library of America
The simplest words,--we do not know what they mean except when we love and aspire.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.98, Graphic Arts Books
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.117, Courier Corporation
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1659, Delphi Classics
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1860). “The Conduct of Life”, p.135
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.90, Graphic Arts Books
It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1875). “Culture, Behavior, Beauty”, p.95
Truth is too simple for us: we do not like those who unmask our illusions.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1843-1871”, p.256, University of Georgia Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.84, Courier Corporation
Converse with a mind that is grandly simple, and literature looks like word-catching.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Selected Writings”, p.126, Simon and Schuster