You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.

The Transcendentalist adopts the whole connection of spiritual doctrine. He believes in miracle, in the perpetual openness of thehuman mind to new influx of light and power; he believes in inspiration, and in ecstacy.

As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes.

There is also something excellent in every audience,--the capacity of virtue. They are ready to be beatified.

Poverty consist in feeling poor.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.[What is a sorrow? A feeling whose benefits have not yet been discovered]

I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.