The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson[A]s if life were a thunder-storm wherein you can see by a flash the horizon, and then cannot see your hand.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLet us learn the meaning of economy. Economy is a high human office,--a sacrament when its aim is grand, when it is the prudence of simple tastes, when it is practised for freedom or for love or devotion.
Ralph Waldo Emerson