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

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

“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”

“The world thus exists to the soul to satisfy the desire of beauty. This element I call an ultimate end. No reason can be asked or given why the soul seeks beauty. Beauty, in its largest and profoundest sense, is one expression for the universe. God is the all-fair. Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All. But beauty in nature is not ultimate. It is the herald of inward and eternal beauty, and is not alone a solid and satisfactory good. It must stand as a part, and not as yet the last or highest expression of the final cause of Nature.”

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

“Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.”

“Too many doubts grow in the cracks of silence and separation.”

“The mind is satisfied with phrased, but not the body, the body is more fastidious, it wants muscles. A body always tells the truth, that's why it's usually depressing and disgusting to look at.”

“It seemed incredible to me now that I had never understood. I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth. This was what I had done. I had built up false pictures in my mind and sat before them. I had never had the courage to demand the truth.”

“Great truths can only be forgotten and can never be falsified.”

“Understanding languages and other cultures builds bridges. It is the fastest way to bring the world closer together and to Truth. Through understanding, people will be able to see their similarities before differences.”