It is greatest to believe and to hope well of the world, because he who does so, quits the world of experience, and makes the world he lives in.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWith thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy. Round it all the muses sing.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
Ralph Waldo Emerson