Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

The only sin that we never forgive in each other is a difference in op >>

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling i >>

So far as a person thinks; they are free. >>

Quotations about Civilization

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2, 000 y >>

Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled wi >>

Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man. >>

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. Our riches will leave us sick; there will be bitterness in our laughter; and our wine will burn our mouth. Only that good profits, which we can taste with all doors open, and which serves all men.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo