The intellectual man requires a fine bait; the sots are easily amused. But everybody is drugged with his own frenzy, and the pageant marches at all hours, with music and banner and badge.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBy the irresistible maturing of the general mind, the Christian traditions have lost their hold.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAre you not scared by seeing that the gypsies are more attractive to us than the apostles?
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf we could have any security against moods! If the profoundest prophet could be holden to his words, and the hearer who is readyto sell all and join the crusade, could have any certificate that to-morrow his prophet shall not unsay his testimony!
Ralph Waldo Emerson