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Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher

1803–1882

102 quotes, most often on Friendship, Nature and Beauty. Part of the Poets collection.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary person, but he is braver five minutes longer.
- Courage
Life is a festival only to the wise.
- Life & Death
- Wisdom
A friend is the hope of the heart.
- Friendship
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
“Culture,” The Conduct of Life (1860).
- Courage
Our best thoughts come from others.
- Thinking
God enters by a private door into every individual.
Essays, Intellect.
- God
The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.
Essays
- Wisdom
Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
- Knowledge
People only see what they are prepared to see.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
- Wisdom
Courage consists in the power of self-recovery.
Essays, Circles.
- Courage
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
Creative force, like a musical composer, goes on unweariedly repeating a simple air or theme, now high, now low, in solo, in chorus, ten thousand times reverberated, till it fills earth and heaven with the chant.
- Art
What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered.
Fortune of the Republic (1878)
United States! Go put your creed into your deed.
May-Day and Other Pieces (1867), Ode, st. 5
- America

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