Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

It's not worth getting too excited about thinking about the larger picture. The larger picture doesn't come into focus for an awfully long time.

You should never get nervous about anything. What today seems important tomorrow isn't so any more.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.

I just think about how much worse something could be, and I'm like, 'Alright, cool, whatever.' I'm nonchalant.

Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience.

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

One must know the so-called 'lesson of a downpour.' A man, caught in a sudden rain en route, dashes along the road not to get wet or drenched. Once one takes it for granted that in rain he naturally gets wet, he can be in a tranquil frame of mind even when soaked to the skin. This lesson applies to everything.

Certain things do not effect me anymore, which is not always good. There is always commotion, but I notice that hardly anything affects me or puts me out of balance.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Time means nothing to me.

No, nothing really upsets me.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

I'm unshockable, fortunately - or unfortunately.

Right now, I'm following the Buddhist principle: Smile as abuse is hurled your way and this too shall pass.

Once you accept, truly accept, that stuff will happen to you and there is nothing you can do about it, stress miraculously leaves your life.

Everything comes in time to those who can wait.

Let come what comes, and accommodate yourself to that, whatever it is. If good mental images arise, that is fine. If bad mental images arise, that is fine, too. Look on all of it as equal, and make yourself comfortable with whatever happens.

Life goes by fast. Enjoy it. Calm down. It's all funny. Next. Everyone gets so upset about the wrong things.

Here or henceforward it is all the same to me, I accept Time absolutely.

The long view counts.

The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.

Victory and defeat are a part of life, which are to be viewed with equanimity.

I have learned to take things as they come.

You do have to be patient. Control what you can control.