I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make yourself necessary to somebody.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

America is another name for opportunity.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

Trust men and they will be true to you

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

All diseases run into one, old age.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

By : Ralph Waldo Emerson