Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It could be said that a single person has written all the books in the world such central unity is in them that they are undeniably the work of a single all-knowing master. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Some men's words I remember so well that I must often use them to express my thought. Yes, because I perceive that we have heard the same truth, but they have heard it better. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer for you, or you. If you can love me for what I am, we shall be the happier. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We forget ourselves and our destinies in health, and the chief use of temporary sickness is to remind us of these concerns. Ralph Waldo Emerson