Skip to quotes
Glory Quotes

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Ralph Waldo EmersonPoet · American · 1803 – 1882
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
Freedom Quotes
#Desire
All Inspirational Motivational Love Life Friendship Funny Happiness Success Wisdom Family Hope All topics

Related quotes

  • It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self. — Francis Bacon
  • I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom. — George W. Bush
  • Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire. — Epictetus
  • Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Photographers Privacy Terms Pixabay (opens in a new tab)
A Gojo Digital website · © 2026