Every reform was once a private opinion, and when it shall be a private opinion again, it will solve the problem of the age. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
People wish to be settled: only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion 20 years later. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Respect the child. Wait and see the new product of nature. Nature loves analogies, but not repetitions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All history becomes subjective; in other words there is properly no history, only biography. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
What a man does, that he has. What has he to do with hope or fear? in himself is his might. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shall we then judge a country by the majority, or by the minority? by the minority, surely. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
These rabble at washington … see, against the unanimous expression of the people — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We do not live an equal life, but one of contrasts and patchwork; now a little joy — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship — Ralph Waldo Emerson