Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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

Nature hates calculators.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

NatureHates

America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

EyesImaginationWaitAmericaLong

What you are comes to you.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

You

There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

QualityMoreDifferencePleasures

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

MorningManEveningBodyLegsWhole

A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

ManGatheringHimProgressiveLike

All mankind love a lover.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

LoveMankindLover

There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

MotherSleepChildMomNeverLovely

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

FateNothingExistenceDeedsState

As soon as there is life there is danger.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

LifeDangerSoon

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

SpiritualNaturalFactSomeSymbol

Reality is a sliding door.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

DoorRealitySliding

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