Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

New York is a sucked orange.

Every one seems to be contradicted by the new; it is only limited by the new. The new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism.

The excellent is new forever.

Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he do not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.

Children measure their own life by the reaction, and if purring and humming (are) not noticed, they begin to squeal; if that is neglected, to screech; then, if you chide and console them, they find the experiment succeeds, and they begin again. The child will sit in your arms if you do nothing, contented; but […]

The beautiful rests on the foundations of the necessary.

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.