Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, ‘always do what you are afraid to do.’ – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
If a man can… make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
