Emerson Quotes

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.
Make yourself necessary to someone.
Every hero becomes at last a bore.
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.