Category: Emerson

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always do what you are afraid to do. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are but tiny matters compared to what lies within us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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. – Ralph Waldo […]

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to change you is the greatest accomplishment. – Ralph Waldo Emerson