The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNature never sends a great man into the planet, without confiding the secret to another soul.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn a virtuous action, I properly am; in a virtuous act, I add to the world; I plant into deserts conquered from Chaos and Nothing, and see the darkness receding on the limits of the horizon.
Ralph Waldo Emerson