Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their s >>

It is not length of life, but depth of life. >>

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight w >>

Quotations about Adversity

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. >>

Enter through the narrow gate. The gate that leads to damnation is wid >>

If we study the lives of great men and women carefully and unemotional >>

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine

Emerson, Ralph Waldo