Ralph Waldo Emerson

We change, whether we like it or not

We change, whether we like it or not

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose. Take which you please; you can never have both.

Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.

Go put your creed into your deed,
Not speak with double tongue.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.

Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
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Every day brings a ship,
Every ship brings a word;
Well for those who have no fear,
Looking seaward well assured
That the word the vessel brings
Is the word they wish to hear.