Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade. >>

We walk alone in the world. >>

Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. >>

Quotations about Desire

It's not who jumps the highest -- it's who wants it the most >>

The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of >>

Just what you want to be, you will be in the end. >>

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?

Emerson, Ralph Waldo