One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe eloquence of one stimulates all the rest, some up to the speaking-point, and all others to a degree that makes them good receivers and conductors, and they avenge themselves for their enforced silence by increased loquacity on their return.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders, so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary.
Ralph Waldo Emerson