Ralph Waldo Emerson

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The miracles of genius always rest on profound convictions which refuse to be analyzed.

The religion that is afraid of science dishonors God and commits suicide.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way.

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Winners never quit and quitters never win.

What’s the point of having great knowledge and keeping them all to yourself?

The greatest genius is the most indebted person.

I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Well, dinner would have been splendid!

Liberty is slow fruit. It is never cheap; it is made difficult because freedom is the accomplishment and perfectness of man.

One soweth and another reapeth is a verity that applies to evil as well as good.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o clock is a scoundrel.

That strong mother doesn’t tell her cub ‘Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you’. She says, ‘Toughen up, this is reality we are living in’.

If you learn to practice love, compassion, joy, and equanimity, you will know how to heal the illnesses of anger, sorrow, insecurity, sadness, hatred, loneliness, and unhealthy attachments.