Quotes / Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man is a god in ruins"

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A man's what he thinks about all day long"

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem to be confidences or sides hidden from all else and unmistakably meant for his ear; the profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader; the profound thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until it is discovered by an equal mind and heart."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A great man is always willing to be little."

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

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