Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.

I understood that I am a lot bigger than what I do, that I have a bigger potential.

Man is a universe within himself.

What I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.

You don't need the iPhone: you have the most exquisite apparatus in the known universe sitting right in your head - the most complex organization of matter in the entire universe. And here are we, feeling a little depressed, feeling like we're not getting where we need to be, when really you might be exactly where you need to be.

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.

I think every individual has his or her own power, and it's a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.

It's not always easy to identify your own voice. It comes with time.

I believe there is a spirit within us, which we nurture based upon our efforts and what we bring to the world. But it doesn't come from the outside; it comes from the inside.

I know who I am and what I do.

Everyone now knows how to find the meaning of life within himself. But mankind wasn't always so lucky. Less than a century ago, men and women did not have easy access to the puzzle boxes within them.

Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom.

In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

Once you fully apprehend the vacuity of a life without struggle, you are equipped with the basic means of salvation.

The next frontier is not in front of us but inside us.

We saw in him what we seek in ourselves.

In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.

I can't imagine, as a human being, not being able to grow.

Everyone's the hero in their own story. You've lived your life. You're the good guy of your life, the protagonist of your own movie. Everyone knows that they have more in them to offer than they sometimes show.

We're all always wondering about our own limits, what we're capable of.

I want people to find their inner depth.