Ralph Waldo Emerson

A good intention clothes itself with sudden power.

To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.

The intuition of the moral sentiment is an insight of the perfection of the laws of the soul. These laws execute themselves. They are out of time, out of space, and not subject to circumstance.

No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

Give a boy address and accomplishments and you give him the mastery of palaces and fortunes where he goes.

Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail.

The first wealth is health.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.