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A friend is one before whom I may think aloud. Ralph Waldo EmersonA hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His dullness is as insupportable as any other dullness. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. Ralph Waldo EmersonAll our progress is an unfolding, like a vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no reason. Ralph Waldo EmersonAs we grow old?the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo EmersonBeware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Ralph Waldo Emerson Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think. Ralph Waldo EmersonChildren are all foreigners. Ralph Waldo Emerson Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints. Ralph Waldo EmersonConversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practising every day while they live. Ralph Waldo EmersonDemocracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo EmersonDon't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. Ralph Waldo Emerson Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery hero becomes a bore at last. Ralph Waldo Emerson Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good. Ralph Waldo Emerson Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Ralph Waldo EmersonGive all to love; obey thy heart. Ralph Waldo EmersonGod enters by a private door into every individual. Ralph Waldo EmersonHe has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. Ralph Waldo EmersonI awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. Ralph Waldo EmersonI hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo EmersonI pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the Stern Fact, the Sad Self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled from. Ralph Waldo EmersonIf I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. Ralph Waldo Emerson Browse our complete list of 3156 authors by last name:
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