Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interior energy; only the precursor of the reason.

What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interi

Summary

This quote asserts that the imagination is not merely a fanciful or frivolous concept, but rather a powerful tool of internal energy. It is described as a precursor to reason, implying that it plays a fundamental role in cognitive processes and intellectual advancement. This suggests that the imagination is essential for innovative thinking, problem-solving, and the development of logical reasoning. The quote encourages us to appreciate the imagination as a valuable aspect of human intelligence and a driving force behind intellectual progress.

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible

We were really grown up for our age and it was an incredible special band.

Age

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.

It is better for the heart to break, than not to break.

Inspirational

I like very much to do movies.

I like very much to do movies.

Movies

Hope springs forever.

Hope springs forever.

Inspirational Hopeful Encouraging

That's life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot

That's life. Whichever way you turn, fate sticks out a foot to trip you.

Martin Goldsmith

Life Fate

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to t

I'm looking forward to the day when America will mature to the point that we are a color-blind society. I'm not so sure that in politics that will ever be reality, because politics has a way of separating us based on skin color.

Politics

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

One must be a living man and a posthumous artist.

Art

If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and pr

If we want to make this great State of Pakistan happy and prosperous, we should wholly and solely concentrate on the well-being of the people, and especially of the masses and the poor.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Want Well Being Wholly

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

Experience

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole

It was settled by the Constitution, the laws, and the whole practice of the government that the entire executive power is vested in the President of the United States.

Government

I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to b

I do feel like I have always, in my life, been inclined to be on the outside, walk a different path or something. Because of that, and increasingly over the years, my sense of distance from mainstream society or from the way culture works, I have a different kind of perception of it.

Society

We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it

We cannot feel strongly toward the totally unlike because it is unimaginable, unrealizable; nor yet toward the wholly like because it is stale -- identity must always be dull company. The power of other natures over us lies in a stimulating difference which causes excitement and opens communication, in ideas similar to our own but not identical, in states of mind attainable but not actual.

Charles Horton Cooley