Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The laws of each are convertible into the laws of any other. >>

Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you. >>

For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? >>

Quotations about Heroes and Heroism

They wouldn't be heroes if they were infallible, in fact they wouldn't >>

One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. >>

Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming a >>

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo