Ralph Waldo Emerson

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Ralph Waldo Emerson