There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery great institution is the lengthened shadow of a single man. His character determines the character of the organization.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.
Ralph Waldo EmersonScience corrects the old creeds, sweeps away, with every new perception, our infantile catechisms, and necessitates a faith commensurate with the grander orbits and universal laws which it discloses yet it does not surprise the moral sentiment that was older and awaited expectant these larger insights.
Ralph Waldo Emerson