I count him a great man who inhabits a higher sphere of thought, into which other men rise with labor and difficulty; he has but to open his eyes to see things in a true light, and in large relations; whilst they must make painful corrections, and keep a vigilant eye on many sources of error.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBehind us, as we go, all things assume pleasing forms, as clouds do far off. Not only things familiar and stale, but even the tragic and terrible, are comely, as they take their place in the pictures of memory.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe days come and go but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away.
Ralph Waldo EmersonSpeech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMan is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say "I think," "I am," but quotes some saint or sage.
Ralph Waldo Emerson