Every friend whom not thy fantastic will but the great and tender heart in thee craveth, shall lock thee in his embrace. And this because the heart in thee is the heart of all; not a valve, not a wall, not an intersection is there anywhere in nature, but one blood rolls uninterruptedly in endless circulation through all men, as the water of the globe is all one sea, and, truly seen, its tide is one.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf the tongue had not been framed for articulation, man would still be a beast in the forest.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA vivid thought brings the power to paint it; and in proportion to the depth of its source is the force of its projection.
Ralph Waldo Emerson