Christianity taught the capacity, the element, to love the All-perfect without a stingy bargain for personal happiness. It taught that to love Him was happiness;--to love Him in others' virtues.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDon't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good.
Ralph Waldo EmersonInsist on your life, never imitate... do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNo man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.
Ralph Waldo Emerson