When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smi... - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings."

"It is not the length of life, but the depth."

"The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn"

"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."

"I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me."