Logo
As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fen

As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Property
category

By avarice and selfishness, and a groveling habit, from which none of us is free, of regarding the soil as property, or the means of acquiring property chiefly, the landscape is deformed, husbandry is degraded with us, and the farmer leads the meanest of lives. He knows Nature but as a robber. – Henry David Thoreau

Category:
Property

To be upset over what you dont have is to waste what you do have. – Ken Keyes Jr.

Category:
Property

The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

Category:
Property

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury — to me these have always been contemptible. I assume that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best for both the body and the mind – Albert Einstein

Category:
Property

Random Quotes

You will find something more in woods than in books. Trees and stones will teach you that which you can never learn from masters. – St. Bernard

Category:
Nature

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise. – Simone Weil

Category:
Paradise, Utopia

Let those who, still in their youth, have preserved their faith and fullness of hope, keep looking up. – George A. Smith

Category:
Faith

Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. – J. Paul Getty

Category:
Success