Beware what you set your heart upon, for it shall surely be yours.

Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is the triumph of enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever achieved without it.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away.

The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.

Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.

What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?
- All from Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882