Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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

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

We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

We sometimes meet an original gentleman, who, if manners had not existed, would have invented them.

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.

And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more it remains.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

The more reason, the less government.

The more reason, the less government.

Behold the Sea,
The opaline, the plentiful and strong,
Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,
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Behold the Sea,
The opaline, the plentiful and strong,
Yet beautiful as is the rose in June,
Fresh as the trickling rainbow of July;
Sea full of food, the nourisher of kinds,
Purger of earth, and medicine of men;
Creating a sweet climate by my breath,
Washing out harms and griefs from memory,
And, in my mathematic ebb and flow,
Giving a hint of that which changes not.