Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is a little thing while he works by and for himself; but when...

#Love

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what...

#Amazing Life, #Graduation, #Lies

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

#Common Sense, #Genius

Common sense is as rare as genius, - is the basis of genius

#Common Sense, #Genius

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.

#Genius

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

#Genius

Common sense is genius in its working clothes

#Common Sense, #Genius

Genius is its own end, and draws its means and the style of its architecture...

#Genius

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and...

#Health, #Wisdom

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage

#Wisdom

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

#Grief

Hitch your wagon to a star.

#Celebrity, #Fame