Why should we fear to be crushed by savage elements, we who are made up of the same elements?
Ralph Waldo EmersonNature paints the best part of a picture, carves the best parts of the statue, builds the best part of the house, and speaks the best part of the oration.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA just thinker will allow full swing to his scepticism. I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I am not afraid of falling into my inkpot.... We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.
Ralph Waldo Emerson