Excerpts from works By
Ralph Waldo Emerson
 
These are some excerpts from some of Emerson's famous works. We chose these sayings because we felt they delivered a powerful and sometimes controversial message.
 

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and
divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do."
 "Self Reliance"

"Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls and to-morrow speak what to-morrow
thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day."
"Self Reliance"

"Speak what you think to-day in words as hard as cannon-balls and to-morrow speak what to-morrow
thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day."
"Self Reliance"

"The years teach much which the days never knew."
" Essays"
"Because the soul is progressive, it never quite repeats itself, but in every act attempts the production of a new and fairer whole."
"Art"