The hues of the opal, the light of the diamond, are not to be seen if the eye is too near.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDo not shut up the young people against their will in a pew, and force the children to ask them questions for an hour against their will.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other.
Ralph Waldo Emerson