One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Earth laughs in flowers.

Earth laughs in flowers.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

Do what we can, summer will have its flies.

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.

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

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

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

Let the beauty you love be what you do. There are a thousand ways to...

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.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Never self-possessed, or prudent, love is all abandonment.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The judge weighs the arguments and puts a brave face on the matter, and since...

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

A man is a God in ruins.

A man is a God in ruins.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

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...

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Some pursue happiness - others create it.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

There is a tendency for things to right themselves.

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...

It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which...