In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLet us learn to live coarsely, dress plainly, and lie hard. The least habit of dominion over the palate has certain good effects not easily estimated.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. What is life but what a man is thinking of all day? This is his fate and his employer. Knowing is the measure of the man. By how much we know, so we are.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEach age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson