Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The people you end up hanging out with are the people you become.

A man is judged by his friends, for the wise and the foolish have never agreed.

Kindness is more persuasive than force.

If we think about emotion this way - as outside-in, not inside out - it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others. Some of us, after all, are very good at expressiing emotions and feelings, which means that we are far more emotionally contagious than the rest of us.

A fool sees himself as another, but a wise man sees others as himself.

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

It is a true proverb, that if you live with a lame man, you will learn to limp.

Though through all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he yet understands not the Dharma, as the spoon, the flavor of soup.

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

The real beginning of influence comes as others sense you are being influenced by them - when they feel understood by you - that you have listened deeply and sincerely, and that you are open.

It takes more than a wise man to keep track of a foolish woman.

Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. You're wise if you don't stick your finger in the light plug. Love - you'll stick your finger in anything.

It is not expedient or wise to examine our friends too closely; few persons are raised in our esteem by a close examination.

One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities.

Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

A WISE MAN never enjoys himself so much, or a FOOL so little, as when he is alone.

If the advice of a fool for once happens to be good, it requires a wise man to carry it out.

Some people are more nice than wise.

The more we see, the more we understand. The more we understand, the easier it is for us to have compassion and love. Understanding is the source of love. Understanding is love itself. Understanding is another name for love; love is another name for understanding.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

The danger with mentioning names is that you hurt the feelings of people that you leave out.

Men take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.