Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is the quality of the moment, not the number of days, or events, or of actors, that imports.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.
By : Ralph Waldo Emerson