Ralph Waldo Emerson

Genius Borrows nobly.

Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.

Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for causes which are unpenetrated.

Friends, such as we desire, are dreams and fables.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

Men are what their mothers made them.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

You bring out the be(a)st in me. Polarized tension, a raw slash of claw, swathed softly in love. A peace of my mind in tumultuous chaotic razor-sharp clarity, impulsive wit to wisdom, mixing addictive shots of cocktail emotions in a full-spectrum experience.

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.

Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it….

The person that had took a bull by the tail once had learnt sixty or seventy times as much as a person that hadn’t, and said a person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was getting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn’t ever going to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn’t likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!

What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.

We long for an affection altogether ignorant of our faults. Heaven has accorded this to us in the uncritical canine attachment.

There are no have-to’s, just choices.

Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something.

The highest compact we can make with our fellow is – Let there be truth between us two forevermore.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.

Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

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.