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

“Oblivion here thy wisdom is,”

“The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is.”

“It is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a poem,—a thought so passionate and alive that like the spirit of a plant or an animal it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. The thought and the form are equal in the order of time, but in the order of genesis the thought is prior to the form.”

“Who you are is speaking so loudly that I can't hear what you're saying”

“Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.”

“Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering, hissed and hooted, stand and strive, until at last rage draw out of thee that dream-power which every night shows thee is thine own; a power transcending all limit and privacy, and by virtue of which a man is the conductor of the whole river of electricity.”

“You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.”

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”

“Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgement of others.”

“Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.”

“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”