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

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

“People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.”

“Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.”

“I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.”

“The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds some important benefit.”

“Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.”

“We must all be allowed our moments of insanity and senselessness. Without them, what sort of dull, lifeless creatures would we be?”

“seeing a woman cough today made me sense a vague fear of death”

“Only my books anoint me,”

“We must listen to poets.”

“Good Bones”

“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”