"The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
The horseman serves the horse, The neat-herd serves the neat, The merchant serves the purse, The eater serves his meat; 'Tis the day of the chattel, Web to weave, and corn to grind, Things are in the saddle, And ride mankind.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“For the existing world is not a dream, and cannot with impunity be treated as a dream; neither is it a disease; but it is the ground on which you stand, it is the mother of whom you were born.”
“The sciences, even the best,-mathematics and astronomy,-are like sportsmen, who seize whatever prey offers, even without being able to make any use of it.”
“Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.”
More on Materialism
“Things are in the saddle. And ride mankind.”
“You're really spread out now, you've got stuff all over the WORLD! You've got stuff at home, stuff in storage, stuff in Honolulu, stuff in Maui, stuff in your pockets...supply lines are getting longer and harder to maintain.”
“What have wealth or grandeur to do with happiness?" Grandeur has but little," said Elinor, "but wealth has much to do with it." Elinor, for shame!" Said Marianne. "Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.”
More on Humanity
“Let us impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind.”
“A person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless. I want to devote my limited life to serving the people limitlessly.”
“Every town, like every man, has its own countenance; they have a common likeness and yet are different; one keeps in his mind all their peculiar touches.”