Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on >>

Work is victory. >>

The most dangerous thing is illusion. >>

Quotations about Speech

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. >>

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by >>

Speech has been given to man to disguise his thoughts. >>

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo