Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, >>

Science does not know its debt to imagination. >>

It is not length of life, but depth of life. >>

Quotations about Affection

Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the lif >>

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affe >>

Most people would rather give than get affection. >>

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo