The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Sprinkle joy.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle...

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and...

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Public opinion, I am sorry to say, will bear a great deal of nonsense. There...

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Life wastes itself while we are preparing to live.

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or...

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

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

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts...

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.