Ralph Waldo Emerson

Philosopher Poet American 1803 – 1882

American transcendentalist writer and poet.

377 quotes

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
Truth
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."
"There is no tragedy in life, only opportunity."
"Man is a golden impossibility, achieving his impossible dreams."
Dreams
"The greatest teacher is now; the greatest subject is yourself."
Knowledge
"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."
"The world is a reflection of what is within us."
Philosophy
"All comes to those who wait, but it comes much faster if you work."
Work
"The mind, once stretched by a new experience, never returns to its original dimensions."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
Strength
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
Courage
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Nature
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
Happiness
"For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness."
Peace
"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."
Freedom
"Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy."
Kindness
"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn."
Knowledge
"Trust thyself."
Faith
"An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man."
Leadership
"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
Truth
"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist."
Freedom
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
Courage
"The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable."
Nature
"In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future, and bond to one another."
Family
"The mind of man is capable of anything because everything is in it."
Imagination
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could."
Peace
"To be great is to be misunderstood."
Wisdom
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."
Time
"The mind is the effect, not the cause."
Philosophy
"Nature is not fixed but fluid."
Change