Be lord of a day, through wisdom and justice, and you can put up your history books.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLet us draw a lesson from nature, which always works by short ways. When the fruit is ripe, it falls.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe sinew and heart of man seem to be drawn out, and we are become timorous desponding whimperers. We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhy should all virtue work in one and the same way? Why should all give dollars? It is very inconvenient to us country folk, and we do not think any good will come of it. We have not dollars; merchants have; let them give them. Farmers will give corn; poets will sing; women will sew; laborers will lend a hand; the children will bring flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson