Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet. Then all things are at risk. It is as when a conflagration has broken out in a great city, and no man knows what is safe, or where it will end."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

" It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only reward of virtue is virtue."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The less a man thinks or knows about his virtues, the better we like him."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? "
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization. "
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

" The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. "
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Men are what their mothers made them."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Hitch your wagon to a star."
** Ralph Waldo Emerson