"Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense." ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Topic(s): Society Tags: always, society, taken More From Ralph Waldo Emerson "There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere." "Our best thoughts come from others." "The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society." More In Society "But the truth of the matter is, we’re an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That’s why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil."― Condoleezza Rice "The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."― John Stuart Mill "The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it."― Daniel Webster