Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors. >>

How much of human life is lost in waiting. >>

All promise outruns performance. >>

Quotations about Intelligence and Intellectuals

Intelligence: I was asked tonight why I refuse to have truck with inte >>

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm mu >>

The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible m >>

One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo