Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are wiser than we know.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do not waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson