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

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”

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

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

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

“The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

“The young man reveres men of genius, because, to speak truly, they are more himself than he is.”

“Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.”

“Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave”

“The purpose of poetry is to remind us”

“Gloomy room”

“Your reason and your passion are the rudder and the sails of your seafaring soul.”

“A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.”