Ralph Waldo Emerson Essentials Quotations

A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.

Action is with the scholar subordinate, but it is essential. Without it, he is not yet man. Without it, thought can never ripen into truth.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

I am not so foolish as to declaim against forms. Forms are as essential as bodies; but to exalt particular forms, to adhere to oneform a moment after it is outgrown, is unreasonable, and it is alien to the spirit of Christ.

Accuracy is essential to beauty.