Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes - SimplyNeo Quotes

" The next thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" All minds quote. Old and new make the warp and woof of every moment. There is no thread that is not a twist of these two strands."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" The reality is more excellent than the report."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in your reading have been like the blast of triumph out of Shakespeare, Seneca, Moses, John and Paul."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" The god of the cannibals will be a cannibal, of the crusaders a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There is scarcely any absurdity so gross, whether in religion, politics, science or manners, which it will not bear."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" These rabble at Washington ... see, against the unanimous expression of the people, how much a little well-directed effrontery can achieve, how much crime the people will bear, and they proceed from step to step... (Journal, June 1846)"

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Journals, 1843"

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Self-trust is the first secret of success."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Life is a progress, and not a station."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Everything in nature contains all the power of nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth.
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~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" To fill the hour -- that is happiness."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires more time than poor busy men can usually command."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.
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~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.
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~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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" You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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