Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson


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    The reward of a thing well done is having done it.

    Reward


    We have listened too long to the courtly Muses of Europe.

    Europe | Muses | Listened


    Science does not know its debt to imagination.

    Science | Debt


    Pictures must not be too picturesque.

    Art | Pictures


    All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

    Life | Experiment


    The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

    Daily | Eyes | Sky


    In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.

    Skating | Safety | Speed


    Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

    Peace | Nobody | Bring


    For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.

    Anger | Peace | Angry


    Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.

    Positive | Inspire | Chief


    Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

    Science | Good | Value


    It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

    Friendship | Stupid


    We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

    Wisdom | Strength | Gain


    The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

    Failure | Time | Falling


    Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

    Beauty | Love | Art


    The first wealth is health.

    Health | Wealth


    What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

    Inspirational | Comparison


    Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

    Wisdom | Path | Trail


    Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

    Nature | Colors | Spirit


    To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

    Great | Greatest | Constantly


       

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