Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Language is fossil poetry ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Language is fossil poetry ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ There is this to be said in favor of drinking, that it takes the drunkard first out of society, then out of the world. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ God may forgive sins, he said, but awkwardness has no forgiveness in heaven or earth ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Fame is proof that people are gullible. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Vanity costs money, labor, horses, men, women, health and peace, and is still nothing at last,--a long way leading nowhere. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ That man is idle who can do something better. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ A woman should always challenge our respect, and never move our compassion. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

~ Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. ~

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes