We do not want actions, but men; not a chemical drop of water, but rain; the spirit that sheds and showers actions, countless, endless actions.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe may like well to know what is Platoโs and what is Montesquieuโs or Goetheโs part, and what thought was always dear to the writer himself; but the worth of the sentences consists in their radiancy and equal aptitude to all intelligence. They fit all our facts like a charm. We respect ourselves the more that we know them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson