Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

Fame is proof that people are gullible.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and read more

My angel,--his name is Freedom,--
Choose him to be your king;
He shall cut pathways east and west,
And fend you with his wing.

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of read more

The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.