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

“The poet is the sayer, the namer, and represents beauty.”

“The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.”

“Love, and you shall be loved.”

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

“Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.”

“Religion is the perception of that power which constructs the greatness of the centuries out of the paltriness of the hours.”

“The world is naturally averse to all truth it sees or hears”

“When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the well of truth swiftly obscures our vision and perception. ("Trompe le pied.")”

“If we really saw war, what war does to young minds and bodies, it would be impossible to embrace the myth of war. If we had to stand over the mangled corpses of schoolchildren killed in Afghanistan and listen to the wails of their parents, we would not be able to repeat clichés we use to justify war. This is why war is carefully sanitized. This is why we are given war's perverse and dark thrill but are spared from seeing war's consequences. The mythic visions of war keep it heroic and entertaining…”

“Most of us have nicknames—annoying, endearing, embarrassing.”

“A Man who is doing his True Will has the inertia of the Universe to assist him.”

“Do not overlook tiny good actions, thinking they are of no benefit; even tiny drops of water in the end will fill a huge vessel.”