All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.


The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Lectures and biographical sketches (ed. 1883)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.