Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

American - Poet | May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ManHappyUnhappyHearingSpeaking

Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

MistakeIndividualUniversalSymbol

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

CharacterPeopleOpinionWorldSee

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

FaithAuthorityStands

I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ServiceBetterChurchSilentBegins

Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

LifeMoralExpressionPreaching

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

EvilWaveAlikeInstitutionsOur

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

SecretBeingUglinessThe Secret Of

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

LearningManWithoutSomethingEver

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ScienceImaginationKnowDebtDoes

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

PeopleEveryoneSeemShowGlorious

Nature is the incarnation of thought. The world is the mind precipitated.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

NatureMindWorldThought

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