Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood. His intercourse with heaven and earth, becomes part of his daily food.”

“In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.”

“Nature says: he is my creature, and maugre all his impertinent griefs, he shall be glad with me.”

“Cities give not the human senses room enough.”

“We go out daily and nightly to feed the eyes on the horizon.”

“The eye is the best of artists.”

“By the mutual action of its structure and of the laws of light, perspective is produced, which integrates every mass of objects, of what character soever, into a well-colored and shaded globe.”

“There is a property in the horizon which no man has but he whose eye can integrate all the parts.”

“This is the best part of these men's farms, yet to this their warranty deeds give no title.”

“To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.”

“Most persons do not see the sun. At least they have a very superficial seeing.”

“The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.”

“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.”

“Hitch your wagon to a star.”

“The man who can have all and yet be content with that which is his own, is alone happy.”

“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”

“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

“A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.”