Love (Primary source)
In Love, Emerson explores the spiritual and transformative power of love, moving beyond mere sentiment. He argues that true love is an expression of the divine within us, elevating individuals and leading to a deeper understanding of universal beauty and truth.
“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 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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“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.”
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The imagination of nature is far, far greater than the imagination of man.”
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source