The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Language is fossil poetry

Language is fossil poetry

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

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.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

A man is what he thinks about all day long.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Better to be a nettle in the side of your friend than his echo.

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests...

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Then beauty is its own excuse for being.

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is...

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

I can find my biography in every fable that I read

Imitation is suicide

Imitation is suicide

When you imitate, make sure you don't hate.

When you imitate, make sure you don't hate.

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...

Do not repeat after me words that you do not understand. Do not merely put...