When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhen it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLife is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONBe silly. Be honest. Be kind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIn my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLive in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONBe yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhen you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONShallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONI cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIt is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONEven in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONMost of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONBeauty without expression is boring.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON