Language is fossil poetry

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Language Quotes, Poetry Quotes

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain

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...

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Nature is too thin a screen; the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will...

People only see what they are prepared to see.

People only see what they are prepared to see.

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

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

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

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.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

So an autobiography about death should include, in my case, an account of European Jewry...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography