Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

If a man own land, the land owns him.

Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

The moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say there is no religion now. 'Tis like saying in rainy weather, There is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of its superlative effects.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, Nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when they discover that someone else believes in them and is willing to trust them.

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friend.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

Nothing ever great was achieved without enthusiasm.

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.

In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity

Ideas must work through the brains and arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams

The disease with which the human mind now labors is want of faith

Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, -- an open and noble temper.