Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, and men unconsciously seek for it in each other.


Essays [1st ser., ed.] with preface by T. Carlyle (ed. 1841)


The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, ...

The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, ...

The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, ...

The action of the soul is oftener in that which is felt and left unsaid than in that which is said in any conversation. It broods over every society, ...