"Men of character are the conscience of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men of character are the conscience of the society to which they belong.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“In all my lectures, I have taught one doctrine, namely, the infinitude of the private man.”
“Knowledge is when you learn something new every day. Wisdom is when you let something go every day.”
“The highest praise we can attribute to any writer, painter, sculptor, builder, is, that he actually possessed the thought or feeling with which he has inspired us.”
More on Character
“What is needed is not the removal of the trouble but the conquest of self.”
“Character wants room; must not be crowded on by persons, nor be judged from glimpses got in the press of affairs, or on few occasions. It needs perspective, as a great building.”
“Great occasions rouse even the lowest of human beings to some kind of greatness, but he alone is the really great man whose character is great always, the same wherever he be.”
More on Society
“Civilization is a disease produced by the practice of building societies with rotten material.”
“Before we sent kids to computer camps and told them they were having a good time, there was imagination among the human species.”
“The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them.”