The near explains the far. The drop is a small ocean. A man is related to all nature. This perception of the worth of the vulgar is fruitful in discoveries. Goethe, in this very thing the most modern of the moderns, has shown us, as none ever did, the genius of the ancients.
Ralph Waldo EmersonMen's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.
Ralph Waldo EmersonAs we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson