A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.Henry David Thoreau
Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.Henry David Thoreau