Ralph Waldo Emerson

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.

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

A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

Don’t be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

This gives force to the strong — that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance or original action.

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large mattertis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razor strap. A thin book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men’s imperfections, and conceal your own.

I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.

The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.

A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.

The physical world, including our bodies, is a response of the observer. We create our bodies as we create the experience of our world.

“I will breathe. I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don’t quit.”- Shayne Mcclendon

The time has come to shed this skin. Its cloying inconvenience doesn’t fit me anymore. My new attire strikes color, shine, shadow, makes noise, and may put your teeth on edge. Tough sh–. Get used to it. I’m inviting you to step into your fear and dance with life.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized.

It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

How hard you work matters more than how much you make.

Men have become the tools of their tools.

I believe in the limitlessness of humans. We’re capable of incredible things. At times that realization is frightening.