Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action.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
Preaching is the expression of the moral sentiment in application to the duties of life.Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich.Ralph Waldo Emerson