"The lover of letters loves power too...." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.”

“A man in debt is so far a slave.”

“Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.”

“It is the Land of Truth (enchanted name!), surrounded by a wide and stormy ocean, the true home of illusion, where many a fog bank and ice, that soon melts away, tempt us to believe in new lands, while constantly deceiving the adventurous mariner with vain hopes, and involving him in adventures which he can never leave, yet never bring to an end.”

“The more you read, the more things you will know.”

“The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.”

“Let the fear go, and live your life with the power of love.”

“The science of war leads one to dictatorship, pure and simple. The science of non-violence alone can lead one to pure democracy. Power based on love is thousand times more effective and permanent than power derived from fear of punishment. It is a blasphemy to say non-violence can be practiced only by individuals and never by nations which are composed of individuals. The nearest approach to purest anarchy would be a democracy based on non-violence. A society organized and run on the basis of complete non-violence would be the purest anarchy.”

“Do not mistake the rule of force for true power. Men are not shaped by force.”