Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The virtues of society are vices of the saint. The terror of reform is >>

We acquire the strength we have overcome. >>

There is also this benefit in brag, that the speaker is unconsciously >>

Quotations about Energy

Is it a fact -- or have I dreamt it -- that, by means of electricity, >>

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds >>

The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor ki >>

Coal is a portable climate. It carries the heat of the tropics to Labrador and the polar circle; and it is the means of transporting itself whithersoever it is wanted. Watt and Stephenson whispered in the ear of mankind their secret, that a half-ounce of coal will draw two tons a mile, and coal carries coal, by rail and by boat, to make Canada as warm as Calcutta, and with its comfort brings its industrial power.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo