There is some reason to believe that when a man does not write his poetry it escapes by other vents through him, instead of the one vent of writing; clings to his form and manners, whilst poets have often nothing poetical about them except their verses.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIf I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson