Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes On Life, Friendship, Success

Money often costs too much.

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.

Our best thoughts come from others.

Life consists of what a man is thinking about all day.

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.

Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.

I honor health as the first muse, and sleep as the condition of health. Sleep benefits mainly by the sound health it produces; incidentally also by dreams, into whose farrago a divine lesson is sometimes slipped.

Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.