The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Go cherish your soul; express companions; set your habits to a life of solitude; then...

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature. Most persons do not see the...

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

There is always safety in valor.

There is always safety in valor.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud, you have first an instinct,...

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

The education of the will is the object of our existence.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him...