The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe secret of the illusoriness is in the necessity of a succession of moods or objects. Gladly we would anchor, but the anchorageis quicksand.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.
Ralph Waldo Emerson