Every true man is a cause, a country, and an age; requires infinite spaces and numbers and time fully to accomplish his design; - and posterity seem to follow his steps as a train of clients.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Age Quotes

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

Knowledge exists to be imparted

Knowledge exists to be imparted

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

What we seek we shall find; what we flee from flees from us.

Men are respectable only as they respect

Men are respectable only as they respect

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Plants are the young of the world, vessels of health and vigor; but they grope...

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from...

An empire is an immense egotism.

An empire is an immense egotism.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

It is not clear that intelligence has any long-term survival value.

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...

We are fortunate to have inherited an institution which we certainly should never have had...