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

“A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

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

“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”

“At times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.”

“It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.”

“With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.”

“Że też w tym kraju każdy kelner jest filozofem i każdy filozof kelnerem.”

“According to the Buddha's teaching the beginning of the life-stream of living beings is unthinkable. THe believer in the creation of life by God may be astonished at this reply. But if you were to ask him 'What is the beginning of God?' he would answer without hesitation 'God has no beginning', and he is not astonished at his own reply.”

“You asked me how to get out of the finite dimensions when I feel like it. I certainly don't use logic when I do it. Logic's the first thing you have to get rid of.”

“Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.”

“Treat everyone you meet as if they were you.”