The secret of genius is to suffer no fiction to exist for us; to realize all that we know; in the high refinement of modern life,in arts, in sciences, in books, in men, to exact good faith, reality, and a purpose; and first, last, midst, and without end, to honor every truth by use.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMan is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe proof of a high education is the ability to speak about complex matters as simply as possible.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA character is like an acrostic or Alexandrian stanza; - read it forward, backward, or across, it still spells the same thing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson