“That Beauty is the normal state, is shown by the perpetual effort of Nature to attain it.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beauty (Primary source)
In Beauty, Emerson explores how beauty in nature and art reflects a deeper spiritual truth and moral order. He argues that true beauty is not just aesthetic pleasure but a manifestation of the divine, elevating the soul and inspiring virtue.
“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The years teach much which the days never know.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary sourceMore quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson →
“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. This is our permanent state.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed