Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes On Life, Friendship, Success

An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.

The greatest delight the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

Nature hates calculators.

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.

All mankind love a lover.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

A man is the whole encyclopedia of facts.

Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true.