Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. What if they are a little coarse and you may get your coat soiled or torn? What if you do fail, and get fairly rolled in the dirt once or twice? Up again, you shall never be so afraid of a tumble.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe land is the appointed remedy for whatever is false and fantastic in our culture...food for our mind, as well as our body.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and meaning is in him.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe first questions are always to be asked, and the wisest doctor is gravelled by the inquisitiveness of a child.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
Ralph Waldo Emerson