Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The book of nature is the book of fate. She turns the gigantic pages, leaf after leaf never returning one.

Nature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.

Nature will not be Buddhist: she resents generalizing, and insults the philosopher in every moment with a million fresh particulars.

Nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party to which we adhere.

Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements, we who are made up of the same elements?

Not in nature but in man is all the beauty and worth he sees. The world is very empty, and is indebted to this gilding, exalting soul for all its pride.

Out from the heart of Nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn

She shows us only surfaces but Nature is a million fathoms deep.

Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same

We are like travelers using the cinders of a volcano to roast their eggs.

In the woods, we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life, — no disgrace, no calamity, (leaving me my eyes, ) which nature cannot repair.

The stars awaken a certain reverence, because though always present, they are inaccessible

Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry she carries them

Nature is too thin a screen the glory of the omnipresent God bursts through everywhere.

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Nature is saturated with deity.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.

Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude.

Keep your friendships in repair.

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart.

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

Lose yourself in nature and find peace

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