Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is our dictionary.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are conservatives when they are least vigorous, or when they are most luxurious. They are conservatives after dinner.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are what their mothers made them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men’s actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Moderation in all things, especially moderation.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Money is of no value; it cannot spend itself. All depends on the skill of the spender.

Ralph Waldo Emerson