“Those who will not worship at the shrine of money, need not hope for recognition.”

— Emma Goldman, Intellectual Proletarians (1914)

About Emma Goldman

1869 – 1940

Lithuanian-born American anarchist and writer.

“Motherhood in the true sense should embrace all children.”

“Free love? As if love is anything but free!”

“Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.”

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”

“Myths are made for the imagination to breathe life into them.”

“Public Disputes warm the Imagination, whet the Industry, and strengthen the natural Abilities.”

“Where we find a difficulty we may always expect that a discovery awaits us. Where there is cover we hope for game.”

“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”