"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities."

Voltaire | Evil | 3 bookmarks

"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Fear | 7 bookmarks

"Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Fear | 6 bookmarks

"Earth laughs in flowers."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Flowers | 7 bookmarks

"So far as a person thinks; they are free."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Freedom | 4 bookmarks

"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Friends and Friendship | 7 bookmarks

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Friends and Friendship | 2 bookmarks

"The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Funerals | 3 bookmarks

"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Goals | 6 bookmarks

"The less government we have the better."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Government | 3 bookmarks