A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.Ralph Waldo Emerson
I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.Dalai Lama
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no chance and anarchy in the universe. All is system and gradation. Every god is there sitting in his sphere.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Mysticism is the mistake of an accidental and individual symbol for an universal one.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.Ralph Waldo Emerson