Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

“To be great is to be misunderstood.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

topic:greatness

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles

topic:greatness

“A great man is always willing to be little.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

topic:greatness humility

“Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

topic:speech honesty contradiction

“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

topic:trust

“Let us be silent, — so we may hear the whisper of the gods.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Friendship

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“The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

“Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison, a more illustrious abode; every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

topic:oppression

“the man is, as it were, clapped into jail by his consciousness.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

topic:consciousness

“The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance

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