6 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Choice

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on choice

39. You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

116. Men suffer all their life long, under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.

157. Good-bye, proud world! I'm going home: Thou art not my friend, and I'm not thine.

247. A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.

283. There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.

289. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.