Ralph Waldo Emerson1803–1882It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
- Essays
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
Letters and Social Aims (1876)- December 10, 1824
- The Conduct of Life (1860), Fate
- May 1849
He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.
The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.
Often credited to Ralph Waldo Emerson
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