Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

To be great is to be misunderstood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Our life is an apprenticeship to the truth that around every circle another can be drawn; that there is no end in nature, but every end is a beginning; that there is always another dawn risen on mid-noon, and under every deep a lower deep opens. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Life too near paralyses art. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

One thing is forever good; That one thing is Success. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

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. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Always do what you are afraid to do. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performanceof this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours or ages that follow it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Do not be too timid and squeamish about your reactions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive hour. Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Good men must not obey the laws too well. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...