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Letter "R" » Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
«The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Friendship,
Virtue
| Keywords:
reward, virtue
«Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
application, summit, summits, The Summit
«We learn geology the morning after the earthquake»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| Keywords:
earthquake, earthquakes, geology, morning, Morning after, The Morning After
«Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Understanding
| Keywords:
achieved, attained, understanding, violence
«Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Truth
| Keywords:
individual, property, treasure
«Insist upon yourself. Be original.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Doing Your Best,
Originality
| Keywords:
insist, insisted, original, originals
«Man is a piece of the universe made alive»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
alive, piece, the universe, universe
«Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power.»
«The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friend.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Friends,
Friendship
| Keywords:
believes, comes, companionship, discovers, else, Friend, friendship, glory, glorying, hand, him, inspiration, inspirations, joy, Joy of, kindlier, kindliest, kindly, Nor, on one hand, outstretched, outstretches, smile, Someone else, spiritual, spiritual being, The Spiritual, To Joy, trust, willing
«None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
| About:
Achievement
| Keywords:
accomplish, alone, anything, commanding, ever, excellent, except, excepted, heard, him, listens, listen in, none, The Whisper, whisper
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