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.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

You must let go of a thing for a new one to come to you.

There is always a certain meanness in the argument of conservatism, joined with a certain superiority in its fact.

The poem is a confession of faith.

Power is in nature the essential measure of right.

All life is a nap. The more naps you take the better.