Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Poetry must be as new as foam and as old as the rock. >>

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confe >>

'Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds >>

Quotations about Courage

Courage is a special kind of knowledge: the knowledge of how to fear w >>

I'm very brave generally, he went on in a low voice: only today I happ >>

Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form. >>

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo