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

“The life of truth is cold.”

“God offers to every mind a choice between repose and truth. take which you please--you can never have both. [Essay on Intellect]”

“Love, and you shall be loved.”

“Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.”

“It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.”

“A world in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

“Behind that closed door, look for things that bring you joy. Do them more.”

“Master, go on, and I will follow thee”

“Have you ever seen a bird standing still for too long? A short rest and then action again, that's how a bird lives and that's how you should live too!”

“To me who dreamed so much as a child, who made a dreamworld in which I was the heroine of an unending story, the lives of people around me continued to have a certain storybook quality. I learned something which has stood me in good stead many times — The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”

“I believed my love would be reciprocated because it was pure. But it wasn’t. Reaction to every action? It doesn’t work that way with a human heart. Human mind resembles the quantum world. Always uncertain. Beyond any explanation.”

“Big house, big car, big breast, big life, big this and big that; what is so big about living big? Live on KISS principle not BIG principle.”