Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. It undergoes continual changes; it is barbarous, it is civilized, it is christianized, it is rich, it is scientific; but this change is not amelioration. For every thing that is given, something is taken.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (via whatisabombshell)
6 months ago on October 25, 2012 at 11:24am
98 notes
via whatisabombshell
  1. snowohno reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  2. neverknwsbest reblogged this from pineal-gland
  3. pineal-gland reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  4. surtin reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  5. bitches-laugh-bitches-cry reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  6. livelovelifeme reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  7. theperksofbeingamockingjay reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  8. berryjam reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  9. egunny reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  10. tigotigos reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  11. dani-n-byrd reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  12. robosekkusu reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  13. femmeviva reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  14. aide-memoired reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  15. addorall reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  16. etherealimbue reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  17. thamiseducation reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  18. soccer-lifestyle reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  19. constellationparadise reblogged this from anchors-aweighlove
  20. stealingthetheory reblogged this from anchors-aweighlove
  21. amidempurpledvapors reblogged this from anchors-aweighlove
  22. anchors-aweighlove reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  23. distractmymind reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  24. iidelirium reblogged this from whatisabombshell
  25. treeleaves reblogged this from ifveniceissinking
  26. nil-ad-infinitum reblogged this from simplepurgatory
  27. simplepurgatory reblogged this from ifveniceissinking
  28. ifveniceissinking reblogged this from rememo