Unhappily, no man exists who has not in his own person become, to some amount, a stockholder in the sin, and so made himself liable to a share in the expiation.
Ralph Waldo EmersonO friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere never was a strong character that was not made strong by discipline of the will; there never was a strong people that did not rank subordination and discipline among the signal virtues. Subjection to moods is the mark of a deteriorating morality. There is no baser servitude than that of the man whose caprices are his masters, and a nation composed of such men could not long preserve its liberties.
Ralph Waldo Emerson