A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.
Ralph Waldo EmersonCharacter is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBest masters for the young writer and speaker are the fault- finding brothers and sisters at home who will not spare him, but willpick and cavil, and tell the odious truth.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe great man, that is, the man most imbued with the spirit of the time, is the impressionable man.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAll writing is by the grace of God. People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased with bad. In these sentences that you show me, I can find no beauty, for I see death in every clause and every word. There is a fossil or a mummy character which pervades this book. The best sepulchers, the vastest catacombs, Thebes and Cairo, Pyramids, are sepulchers to me. I like gardens and nurseries. Give me initiative, spermatic, prophesying, man-making words.
Ralph Waldo Emerson