Ralph Waldo Emerson Knows Quotations

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it. The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows why will always be his boss. As to methods there

Neither you nor the world knows what you can do until you have tried.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads, just one year afterwards.

People who know how to act are never preachers.

The soul knows no persons.

It is vain to keep a secret from one who has a right to know it. It will tell itself.

The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.

Only so much of life do I know as I have lived.

But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself.

You need someone who can inspire you to be what you know you can be

Do your thing, and I shall know you.

Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.