"A philosopher must be more than a..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.”

“There is nothing settled in manners, but the laws of behavior yield to the energy of the individual.”

“To say then, the majority are wicked, means no malice, no bad heart in the observer, but, simply that the majority are unripe, andhave not yet come to themselves, do not yet know their opinion.”

“We are the subjects of an experiment which is not a little interesting to me.”

“Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.”

“I hold firmly to my original views. After all I am a philosopher.”

“If you are driven by certainty you can't grow. If you are driven by certainty if somebody messes with you, you can get very intense, even violent, depending upon the person's personality.”

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.”

“The best compensation for doing things is the ability to do more.”