As soon as the man is at one with God, he will not beg. He will then see prayer in all action.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe two terrors that discourage creativity and creative living are fear of public opinion and undue reverence for one's own consistency.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBeauty is the moment of transition, as if the form were just ready to flow into other forms.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt has been the office of art to educate the perception of beauty. We are immersed in beauty but our eyes have no clear vision.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAt times the whole world seems to be in conspiracy to importune you with emphatic trifles. Friend, client, child, sickness, fear, want, charity, all knock at once at thy closet door and say,—'Come out unto us.' But keep thy state; come not into their confusion. The power men possess to annoy me I give them by a weak curiosity. No man can come near me but through my act.
Ralph Waldo Emerson