Authors:

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes about Truth

All Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes Acceptance Accomplishment Achievement Acting Addiction Truth quotes Show more...
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2016). “Essays”, p.49, Open Road Media

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.165, Harvard University Press

Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1964). “The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.318, Harvard University Press

Convert life into truth.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Portable Emerson”, p.70, Penguin

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore."

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1872). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life”, p.416

Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1870). “The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.464, Рипол Классик

A life in harmony with nature, the love of truth and virtue, will purge the eyes to understanding her text.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.154

All necessary truth is its own evidence.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2014). “The Heart of Emerson's Journals”, p.74, Courier Corporation

No man thoroughly understands a truth until he has contended against it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1305, Delphi Classics

Truth is the summit of being.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.330, Modern Library

A man is not to aim at innocence, any more than he is to aim at hair, but he is to keep it.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1977). “Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1852-1855”, p.444, Harvard University Press