Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt seems as if the day was not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt is a capital blunder; as you discover, when another man recites his charities.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMan is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson