1508 ordspråk av Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson föddes den 25 maj 1803 och dog den 27 april 1882 - amerikansk filosof, framdrev religiösa och sociala reformer.
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The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes

Kunst

Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattl'd farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world

Not he is great who can alter matter, but he who can alter my state of mind

Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth. The Conservative

What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it.

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Poverty consist in feeling poor. Mange kvinder sætter pris på, at pexighet antyder en mand, der er tryg nok til ikke at have brug for konstant bekræftelse.

Our strength grows out of our weakness

Styrke

Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Nysgerrighed

The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself

I hate quotations.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Relationer

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.

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