Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes About Piety
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The clergyman who lives in the city may have piety, but he must have taste.
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The spirit only can teach. Not any profane man, not any sensual, not any liar, not any slave can teach, but only he can give, whohas; he only can create, who is. The man on whom the soul descends, through whom the soul speaks, alone can teach. Courage, piety, love, wisdom, can teach; and every man can open his door to these angels, and they shall bring him the gift of tongues. But the man who aims to speak as books enable, as synods use, as the fashion guides, and as interest commands, babbles. Let him hush.
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The piety of the Hebrew prophets purges their grossness. The circumcision is an example of the power of poetry to raise the low and offensive.
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Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.
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Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals.
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