Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

The greatest man in history was the poorest

The greatest man in history was the poorest

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Money, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances

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,...

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.