Ralph Waldo Emerson

Out of Plato come all things that are still written and debated about among men of thought.

Travel is a fools paradise.

Of all debts men are least willing to pay the taxes. What a satire is this on government! Everywhere they think they get their moneys worth, except for these.

All that I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves, but deal in our privacy with the last honesty and truth.

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

It is the privilege of any human work which is well done to invest the doer with a certain haughtiness. He can well afford not to conciliate, whose faithful work will answer for him.

When the eye is not set on one leaf and you face the tree with nothing in mind, any number of leaves are visible to the eye.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.

One may make their house a palace of sham, or they can make it a home, a refuge.

True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments have a core of truth, a necessity, and hence a beauty, as if it were a revelation to him. All very well perhaps from his point of view, but only a little better than the common dilettantism.

The only way to know is to live, learn, and grow.

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

We shall see but a little way if we require to understand what we see.

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.

We all have our challenges, issues, things that we’re working through and insecurity is there because nobody is perfect no matter who you are. It’s that imperfection that makes you so dope.

Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

You can never really live anyone else’s life, not even your child’s. The influence you exert is through your own life, and what you’ve become yourself.