"Every wall is a door." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
If you would lift me you must be on higher ground.
In every workof genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
Concentration is the secret of strength.
Blame is safer than praise.
I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends.
Belief consist in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.
A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
He who is not every day conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
A man is a hero, not because he is braver than anyone else, but because he is brave for 10 minutes longer.
Ideas must work through the brains and the arms of good and brave men, or they are no better than dreams.