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Maxioms by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly.

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Ugliness Quotes,
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As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain read more

As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptations we resist.

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And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.

And striving to be Man, the worm
Mounts through all the spires of form.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Progress Quotes,
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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Time Quotes,
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I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we read more

I do not see how a barbarous community and a civilized community
can constitute a state. I think we must get rid of slavery or we
must get rid of freedom.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Slavery Quotes,
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