Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact. Every appearance in nature corresponds to some state of the mind, and that state of the mind can only be described by presenting that natural appearance as its picture.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is easy to see that what is best written or done by genius in the world, was no man's work but came by wide social labor, whena thousand wrought like one, sharing the same impulse.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA home kept to the end of display is impossible to all but a few women, and their success is dearly bought.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
Ralph Waldo Emerson