Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The quality of the imagination is to flow and not to freeze. >>

The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it i >>

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule. >>

Quotations about Duty

Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does ones >>

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical. >>

What is possible is our highest duty. >>

Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo