Power obeys reality, and not appearances; power is according to quality, and not quantity.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIt seems as if the day was not wholly profane in which we have given heed to some natural object.
Ralph Waldo EmersonGood as is discourse, silence is better, and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the speaker and the hearer. If they were at a perfect understanding in any part, no words would be necessary thereon. If at one in all parts, no words would be suffered.
Ralph Waldo Emerson