Ralph Waldo Emerson

He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.

No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker, with no past at my back.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

The city is recruited from the country.

What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. What is life but what a man is thinking of all day? This is his fate and his employer. Knowing is the measure of the man. By how much we know, so much we are.

Human ‘beans’ is the only animals that is killing their own kind.

It is easier to stay out than get out.

Personally, I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.

The ocean is a wilderness reaching round the globe, wilder than a Bengal jungle, and fuller of monsters, washing the very wharves of our cities and the gardens of our sea-side residences.

The fact that a believer is happier than a sceptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality.

Appearances matter – and remember to smile.

For we put the power in the people.

Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

I always like people who have developed long and hard, particularly through introspection and a lot of dedication. I think that what they arrive at is, usually, deeper and more beautiful than the person who seems to have that ability and fluidity from the beginning.

If we want maturity, we have to be mature. If we want a nation that feels hopeful, then we have to speak in hopeful terms… We have to model what we want.

In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

Always play like an underdog.