Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Be an opener of doors. >>

Civilization depends on morality. >>

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected >>

Quotations about Stupidity

We never really know what stupidity is until we have experimented on o >>

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test o >>

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I' >>

The key to the age may be this, or that, or the other, as the young orators describe; the key to all ages is -- Imbecility; imbecility in the vast majority of men, at all times, and, even in heroes, in all but certain eminent moments; victims of gravity, custom, and fear.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo