Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Sympathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well.

Blame is safer than praise.

Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,Here once the embattled farmers stood,And fired the shot heard round the world.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

As a rule, adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

There is always room for a person of force and they make room for many.

Silence is not always tact, but it is tact that is golden, not silence.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down. And trust your instincts … good relationships feel good. They feel right. They don’t hurt. They’re not painful. That’s not just with somebody you want to marry, but it’s with the friends that you choose. It’s with the people you surround yourselves with.

A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

Mountains will go into labour, and a silly little mouse will be born.