Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson
I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
For, whom the Muses smile upon, And touch with soft persuasion, His words like a storm-wind can bring Terror and beauty on their wing; In his every syllable Lurketh nature veritable.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The high prize of life the crowning fortune of man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Health is the condition of wisdom, and the sign is cheerfulness, - an open and noble temper.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the top of his condition.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought is the seed of action.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Health is the first muse, comprising the magical benefits of air, landscape, and bodily exercise on the mind.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The first wealth is health.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We boast our emancipation from many superstitions; but if we have broken any idols, it is through a transfer of idolatry.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
All history is but the lengthened shadow of a great man.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some people are born very far from home.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson