The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The first wealth is health.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest gift is a portion of thyself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The method of nature: who could ever analyze it?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.
Ralph Waldo Emerson