Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't >>

The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul. >>

Things said for conversation are chalk eggs. Don't say things. What yo >>

Quotations about Mobs

The nose of a mob is its imagination. By this, at any time, it can be >>

Are we aware of our obligations to a mob? It is the mob that labor in >>

The mob has many heads but no brains. >>

The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. Its fit hour of activity is night. Its actions are insane like its whole constitution. It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice, by inflicting fire and outrage upon the houses and persons of those who have these. It resembles the prank of boys, who run with fire-engines to put out the ruddy aurora streaming to the stars.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo