Ralph Waldo Emerson

The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.

Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.

The revelation of Thought takes men out of servitude into freedom.

Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.

It’s easier to hold onto your own stereotypes and misconceptions, it makes you feel justified in your own ignorance. That’s America. So the challenge for us is, are we ready for change?

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

It is not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred.

If you do not take control over your time and your life, other people will gobble it up. If you don’t prioritize yourself, you constantly start falling lower and lower on your list.

If all the economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.

Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

To know fulfillment, nourish what is for the belly and not the eye.

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

There is a wisdom of the head, and there is a wisdom of the heart.

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.

The most dangerous thing is illusion.

Why was the human race created? Or at least why wasn’t something creditable created in place of it? God had His opportunity. He could have made a reputation. But no, He must commit this grotesque folly – a lark which must have cost Him a regret or two when He came to think it over and observe effects.

Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.