Quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will >>

So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more i >>

Sculpture and painting have the effect of teaching us manners and abol >>

Quotations about Contradiction

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming >>

Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am larg >>

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor the lack of contradiction >>

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo