6 Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes on Morality

Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes on morality

109. Henceforward I am the truth's. Be it known unto you that henceforward I obey no law less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.

124. The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.

208. Beauty without grace is the hook without the bait.

284. To live without duties is obscene.

300. The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.

309. To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.