A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for...

You cannot see the mountain near

You cannot see the mountain near

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a...

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - that is...

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Power is, in nature, the essential measure of right. Nature suffers nothing to remain in...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on...

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...

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

I have no hostility to nature, but a child's love to it. I expand and...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.