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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Adventure,
Art
| Keywords:
adventurer, adventurers, broader, pedestal, pedestals, planet, shoes, strife
«Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.»
«By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattl'd farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world»
«Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
alter, mind over matter, My state, state, state of mind
«Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth. The Conservative»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
affirmative, conservatism, conservative, negative, reform
«What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
actual, arduous, concerns, distinction, meanness
«The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
circumstance, does, first, great, insignificance, person, realize, the first, thing, under the circumstances
«Poverty consist in feeling poor.»
«A little integrity is better than any career»
«Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than material force, that thoughts rule the world.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Greatness,
Spirit
| Keywords:
rule the world, spiritual world
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