The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of thehuman mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstacy.

You cannot do a kindness too soon.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

The ancestor of every action is a thought.

The soul circumscribes all things.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

The problem of restoring to the world original and eternal beauty is solved by redemption of the soul.