I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Obedience alone gives the right to command

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old...

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

Insist upon yourself. Be original.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

Books are the best of things, well used; abused, among the worst. What is the...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.

Though I constantly take my life in my hands, I will not forget your law.

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a...

Let yourself be open and life will be easier. A spoon of salt in a...

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure...

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure...