Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He cannot be happy and strong until he too lives with nature in the present, above time. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He needs no library, for he has not done thinking; no church, for he is himself a prophet; no statute book, for he hath the Lawgiver; no money, for he is value itself; no road, for he is at home where he is. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He that does not fill a place at home, cannot abroad. He only goes there to hide his insignificance in a larger crowd. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time he looks at the object beloved, drawing from it with his eyes and his mind those virtues which it possesses. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I dream of a better tomorrow, where chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives - Ralph Waldo Emerson