“We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. This is our permanent state.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“It was for beauty that the world was made.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops—no, but the kind of man the country turns out.”
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“That Beauty is the normal state, is shown by the perpetual effort of Nature to attain it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occured in experience.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Primary source“Nature suffers nothing to remain in her kingdoms which cannot help itself.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source