Love is like a hunter, who cares not for the game when once caught, which he may have pursued with the most intense and breathless eagerness. Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship in possession.
Ralph Waldo EmersonHe then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind, he has descended into the secrets of all minds.
Ralph Waldo EmersonLife must be lived on a higher plane. We must go up to a higher platform, to which we are always invited to ascend; there, the whole aspect of things changes.
Ralph Waldo EmersonIn our fine arts, not imitation, but creation is the aim... The details, the prose of nature, he should omit, and give us only the spirit and splendour.
Ralph Waldo Emerson