Ralph Waldo Emerson

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

We learn geology the morning after the earthquake.

Our faith comes in moments… yet there is a depth in those brief moments which constrains us to ascribe more reality to them than to all other experiences.

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success.

Do not stop thinking of life as an adventure. You have no security unless you can live bravely, excitingly, imaginatively; unless you can choose a challenge instead of competence.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.

Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

All the great ages have been ages of belief.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

Genius Borrows nobly.

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

He that does good for good’s sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

On with dance, let joy be unconfined, is my motto; whether there’s any dance to dance or any joy to unconfined.

We are ashamed of our thoughts and often see them brought forth by others.

Help a man against his will and you do the same as murder him.