138 quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“A good indignation brings out all one's powers.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“All diseases run into one, old age.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Science does not know its debt to imagination.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Genius always finds itself a century too early.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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