When I first open my eyes upon the morning meadows and look out upon the beautiful world, I thank God I am alive.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe new statement is always hated by the old, and, to those dwelling in the old, comes like an abyss of skepticism.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe common experience is, that the man fits himself as well as he can to the customary details of that work or trade he falls into, and tends it as a dog turns a spit. Then he is part of the machine he moves; the man is lost.
Ralph Waldo Emerson