Ralph Waldo Emerson

Man is priest, and scholar, and statesman, and producer, and soldier.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men should take their knowledge from the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

My life is not an apology, but a life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

My life should be unique; it should be an alms, a battle, a conquest, a medicine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God’s handwriting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Never read any book that is not a year old.

Ralph Waldo Emerson