Not the sun or summer alone, but every hour and season yields its tribute of delight.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.
Ralph Waldo EmersonSociety everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWithout looking, then, to those extraordinary social influences which are now acting in precisely this direction, but only at whatis inevitably doing around us, I think we must regard the land as a commanding and increasing power on the citizen, the sanative and Americanizing influence, which promises to disclose new virtues for ages to come.
Ralph Waldo Emerson