Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.

Life is a festival only to the wise.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Knowledge is when you learn something new every day. Wisdom is when you let something go every day.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope.

The primary wisdom is intuition.

Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom.

Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.

Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.

Knowledge is the antidote to fear

Wise men are not wise at all times.

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

A man is a golden impossibility. The line he must walk is a hair's breadth. The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool.

Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That wisdom might in youth be gotten, Or wit be ripe before 't was rotten?

Let us unlearn our wisdom of the world. Let us lie low in the Lord's power, and learn that truth alone makes rich and great.

A cheerful intelligent face is the end of culture, and success enough. For it indicates the purpose of Nature and wisdom attained.

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.