The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have lived. Instantly we know whose words are loaded with life, and whose not.


An oration delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa Society Cambridge, Aug. 31, 1837. Second edition (ed. 1838)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have...

The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have...

The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have...

The preamble of thought, the transition through which it passes from the unconscious to the conscious, is action. Only so much do I know, as I have...