Many a profound genius, I suppose, who fills the world with fame of his exploding renowned errors, is yet everyday posed and baffled by trivial questions at his own supper table.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA person's life is limited but serving the people is limitless. I want to devote my limited life to serving the people limitlessly.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf you believe in the soul, do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhatever we think and say is wonderfully better for our spirits and trust in another mouth.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe unique impression of Jesus upon mankind - whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of the world - is proof of the subtle virtue of this infusion. Jesus belonged to the race of prophets. He saw with open eyes the mystery of the soul. One man was true to what is in you and me. He, as I think, is the only soul in history who has appreciated the worth of man.
Ralph Waldo Emerson