The effect of the indulgence of human affection is a certain cordial exhilaration.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThere is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn eloquence, the great triumphs of the art are when the orator is lifted above himself; when consciously he makes himself the mere tongue of the occasion and the hour, and says what cannot but be said. Hence the term "abandonment" to describe the self- surrender of the orator. Not his will, but the principle on which he is horsed, the great connection and crisis of events, thunder in the ear of the crowd.
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
Ralph Waldo EmersonNothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson