Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with >>

I know of no such unquestionable badge and ensign of a sovereign mind >>

When Nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it. >>

Quotations about Greatness

I want to be great, something special. >>

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. >>

Great people are meteors designed to burn so that the earth may be lig >>

Great people are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo