Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country >>

The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of f >>

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man see >>

Quotations about Disasters

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The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When i >>

Man's extremity is God's opportunity. >>

The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and unpayable. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo