Ralph Waldo Emerson — Philosophical Quotes

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Philosophical

“The soul is the perceiver and revealer of truth. We know truth when we see it, let skeptic and scoffer say what they choose.”

Soul Diversity Scoffers

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

Philosophical

“Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society. ... Society can never prosper, but must always be bankrupt, until every man does that which he was created to do.”

Men Doe Age

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Philosophical

“Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.”

Nature Individual

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Philosophical

“An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”

Men Shadow

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Philosophical

“Nature, through all her kingdoms, insures herself.”

Nature Kingdoms

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Philosophical

“Everything runs to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed.”

Running Quality

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Philosophical

“The world exists, as I understand it, to teach the science of liberty.”

Thinking World

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Philosophical

“The astonishment of life is the absence of any appearances of reconciliation between the theory and the practice of life.”

Philosophy Practice Astonishment

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Philosophical

“Man carries the world in his head, the whole astronomy and chemistry suspended in a thought. Because the history of nature is charactered in his brain, therefore he is the prophet and discoverer of her secrets. Every known fact in natural science was divined by the presentiment of somebody, before it was actually verified.”

Men Science Nature

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Philosophical

“Traveling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places.”

Journey Travel Tourism

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Philosophical

“Women, more than all, are the element and kingdom of illusion. Being fascinated, they fascinate.”

Women Elements Kingdoms

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Philosophical

“The light by which we see in this world comes out from the soul of the observer. Wherever any noble sentiment dwelt, it made the faces and houses around to shine. Nay, the powers of this busy brain are miraculous and illimitable.”

Light House Shining

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