All life is an experiment. Place yourself in the middle of the stream of power and wisdom which animates all whom it floats, and you are without effort impelled to truth, to right and a perfect contentment. I wish to write such rhymes as shall not suggest a restraint, but contrariwise the wildest freedom. Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to quote. I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGo into one of our cool churches, and begin to count the words that might be spared, and in most places the entire sermon will go.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson