Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other; given the upper, to find the under side.

Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

He then learns that in going down into the secrets of his own mind he has descended into the secrets of all minds.

The walking of Man is falling forwards.

The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most.

Only the hand that erases can write the true thing.

The great secret, Eliza, is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls: in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldnt find honest employment.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It’s very important to be aware of them every time they come up.

True irreverence is disrespect for another man’s god.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles. What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each other?

There are German songs which can make a stranger to the language cry.

Live your life, do your work, then take your hat.

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.

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.