It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, 'always do what you are afraid to do.'Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.Ralph Waldo Emerson
People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.Ralph Waldo Emerson