Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Beauty is the mark God sets on virtue. Every natural action is gracefu >>

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is t >>

Society is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, an >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a >>

The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same cl >>

Everything you need for better future and success has already been wri >>

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire. I had better never see a book than be warped by its attraction clean out of my own orbit, and made a satellite instead of a system.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo