Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."

"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

"If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and adore."

"He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth."