Hidden away in the inner nature of the real man is the law of his life, and someday he will discover it and consciously make use of it. He will heal himself, make himself happy and prosperous, and life in an entirely different world. For he will have discovered that life is from within and not from without.
Ralph Waldo EmersonFreedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.
Ralph Waldo EmersonSociety is a masked ball, where every one hides his real character, and reveals it by hiding.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.
Ralph Waldo EmersonEvery man is an infinitely repelling orb, and holds his individual being on that condition.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe are as much informed of a writer's genius by what he selects as by what he originates. We read the quotation with his eyes, andfind a new and fervent sense; as a passage from one of the poets, well recited, borrows new interest from the rendering. As the journals say, "the italics are ours.
Ralph Waldo Emerson