24 Quotes by Emerson

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

The less government we have, the better—the fewer laws, and the less confided power.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Christianity is the record of a pure and holy soul, humble, absolutely disinterested, a truth-speaker, and bent observing teaching, and uplifting men.

Our first mistake is the belief that the circumstance gives the joy which we give to the circumstance.

Men who know the same things are not long the best company for each other.

One man's justice is another man's injustice.

Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. he has changed his market-cart into a chariot of the sun.