Ralph Waldo Emerson
459 quotations
Earth laughs in flowers.
Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out-values all the utilities of the world.
The only prudence in life is concentration.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?
So far as a person thinks; they are free.
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected
Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.
A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud.
It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
A day for toil, an hour for sport, but for a friend is life too short.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
I didn't find my friends; the good Lord gave them to me.
Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.
The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral.
It is always so pleasant to be generous, though very vexatious to pay debts.
Only an inventor knows how to borrow, and every man is or should be an inventor.
The greatest genius is the most indebted person.
When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
Accept your genius and say what you think.