The Oversoul is before Time, and Time, Father of all else, is one of his children.
Ralph Waldo EmersonFreedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe only gift is a portion of thyself . . . the poet brings his poem; the shepherd his lamb. . . .
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
Ralph Waldo Emerson