Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.

We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it read more

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any read more

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.