Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Work

The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson

This book presents a curated collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson's most significant works, exploring his profound insights into spirituality, self-reliance, and the nature of the human experience. more

Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

You May Also Like

“But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce aspiration, accept the actual for the necessary and talk down to the young. Let them then become organs of the Holy Ghost; let them be lovers; let them behold truth; and their eyes are uplifted, their wrinkles smoothed, they are perfumed again with hope and power.”

KnowsMenGodEyeAgeYoungAcceptingHe ManLoversHolyMen And WomenAssumingGhostOld AgeAspirationOrgansSeventiesWrinklesHoly GhostRenounce
Book:The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Create image

“The world-spirit is a good swimmer, and storms and waves can not drown him. He snaps his fingers at laws; and so, throughout history, heaven seems to affect low and poor means. Through the years and the centuries, through evil agents, through toys and atoms, a great and beneficent tendency irresistibly streams.”

WorldYearsMeanGodSeemsLawSpiritEvilHeavenPoorCenturyGoodnessLowsFingersWaveStormTendenciesAgentsStreamsAtomsToysCan NotSnapsThrough The YearsSwimmer
Book:Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems
Create image