Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“Our best thoughts come from others.”

“Before we acquire great power we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”

“We are born believing. A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.”

“Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.”

“The years teach much which the days never know.”

“There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.”

“Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.”

“Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.”

“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.”

“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”