Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes - page 60

Grow angry slowly there's plenty of time. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The god of victory is said to be one-handed, but peace gives victory on both sides. View quote
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If thou fill thy brain with Boston and New York, with fashion and covetousness, and wilt stimulate thy jaded senses with wine and French coffee, thou shalt find no radiance of wisdom in the lonely waste of the pinewoods. View quote
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Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol, and an audience is electrified. View quote
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Don't waste life in doubts and fears spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hours duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. View quote
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The only gift is a portion of thyself ... the poet brings his poem the shepherd his lamb.... View quote
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Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. View quote
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When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive. View quote
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Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them. View quote
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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge. View quote
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To fill the hour, that is happiness to fill the hour, and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The whole course of things goes to teach us faith. We need only obey. There is guidance for each of us, and by lowly listening we shall hear the right word.... Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which flows into you as life, place yourself in the full center of that flood, then you are without effort impelled to truth, to right, and a perfect contentment. View quote
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Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power. View quote
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Thoughts are the seed of action. View quote
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Give no bounties make equal laws secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. View quote
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Commit a crime and the earth is made of glass. View quote
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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. View quote
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The mark of the man of the world is absence of pretension. He does not make a speech he takes a low business-tone, avoids all brag, is nobody, dresses plainly, promises not at all, performs much, speaks in monosyllables, hugs his fact. View quote
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'Tis the old secret of the gods that they come in low disguises. View quote
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A vivid thought brings the power to paint it and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection. View quote
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The cardinal virtue of a teacher (is) to protect the pupil from his own influence. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him. View quote
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We fancy men are individuals so are pumpkins but every pumpkin in the field goes through every point of pumpkin history. View quote
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We are parlor soldiers. The rugged battle of fate, where strength is born, we shun. View quote
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It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in. View quote
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