Let the man stand on his feet. Let religion cease to be occasional; and the pulses of thought that go to the borders of the universe, let them proceed from the bosom of the Household.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man.
Ralph Waldo EmersonI may say it of our preposterous use of books,--He knew not what to do, and so he read.
Ralph Waldo EmersonOverhead the sanctities of the stars shine forever-more... pouring satire on the pompous business of the day which they close, and making the generations of men show slight and evanescent.
Ralph Waldo Emerson