Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.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
If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed... Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.Henry David Thoreau