Pain, indolence, sterility, endless ennui have also their lesson for you, if you are great.
Ralph Waldo EmersonDon't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe cruelest foe is a masked benefactor. The wars which make history so dreary have served the cause of truth and virtue.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNothing in nature is exhausted in its first use...In God, every end is converted into a new means.
Ralph Waldo Emerson