Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

If I cannot brag of knowing something, then I brag of not knowing it; >>

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

The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power. >>

Quotations about Nature

Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos. >>

Nature provides exceptions to every rule. >>

Let Nature have her way; she understands her business better than we d >>

To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo