Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

I call him free who is led solely by reason.

Baruch Spinoza

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

Baruch Spinoza

When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.

Baruch Spinoza

Practicing gratitude in the moment of frustration can really be a game changer.

Bruce Weinstein

People need to be educated so that they can make intelligent moral choices

Gary L. Francione

All sentient beings should have at least one right—the right not to be treated as property

Gary L. Francione

Should we not be concerned as to whether this fear of error is not just the error itself?

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

Henry Fielding

I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.

Ha Jin

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence.

James Madison

The pinafore of the child will be more than a match for the frock of the bishop and the surplice of the priest.

James Martineau

We don't mature momentarily, but over the long-term.

John C. Maxwell

There's no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.

Joan D. Vinge

Actually, I think most people accept the existence of qualia.

David Chalmers

Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Once again I stopped listening to the news this week.

Donella Meadows

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

Jacques Derrida

I joy, that in these straits I see my west;

John Donne

What sort of philosophy one chooses depends on what sort of person one is.

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

One hundred years of joy can be erased in one second

Jonathan Safran Foer

It is impossible to see the angel unless you first have a notion of it.

James Hillman