Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man may love a paradox without either losing his wit or his honesty.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man’s growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A rush of thoughts is the only conceivable prosperity that can come to us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A strenuous soul hates cheap success.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Accept your genius and say what you think.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All diseases run into one, old age.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All history becomes subjective; in other words there is properly no history, only biography.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.

Ralph Waldo Emerson