Philosophy Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Colleges hate geniuses, just as convents hate saints.”

“It is not the length of life, but the depth.”

“Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed.”

“Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.”

“Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.”

“Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.”

“Cheapen words and they'll cheapen you”

“The soul exists partly in eternity and partly in time.”

“Le but n'est rien, le développement est tout. Le spectacle ne veut en venir à rien d'autre qu'à lui-même.”

“The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.”

“That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.”

“Aus Lügen, die wir glauben, werden Wahrheiten, mit denen wir leben.”