Quotes by Ralph Emerson

“If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.”

“Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.”

“Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”

“We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.”

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”

“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.”

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.”

“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed.”

“In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.”

“So is cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more remains.”

“Our distrust is very expensive.”

“Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.”