Quotes of: Ralph-waldo-emerson Keyword

To be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.

Plato

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Plato

Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.

Plato

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

Plato

In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.

Plutarch

It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.

Plutarch

, when hearing about 's latest book, said, ' .' responds, 'Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là. ( .)

Pierre-Simon Laplace

The perfect state is one where men weep and rejoice over the same things.

Plato

I am striving to give back the Divine in myself to the Divine in the All.

Plotinus

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

Plato

Be kind, because everyone is having a really hard time.

Plato

Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.

Plato

Wise men talk because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.

Plato

You shouldn't say 'animals' to distinguish between humans and non-humans. We are all animals.

Peter Singer

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Peter Singer

My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night.

Robert Bridges

In the 1970s we saw a massive shift of household savings from the banks to the brokerage firms.

Ron Chernow

A delusion is something that people believe in despite a total lack of evidence.

Richard Dawkins

It's very likely that most mammals have consciousness, and probably birds, too.

Richard Dawkins

I'm sure Obama is an atheist; I'm sure Kennedy was an atheist, but I doubt if Pope Frank is.

Richard Dawkins

My decision to be a scientist was a bit of a drift really, more or less by default.

Richard Dawkins