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.
“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“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.”
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“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“I loved you, so I drew these tides of men into my hands and wrote my will across the sky in stars.”
— T. E. Lawrence Primary source“My God what would a man do with a woman like that except worship her?”
— Ernest Hemingway Primary source“Threats alone are the weapons of the threatened man.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source