Ralph Waldo Emerson

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

I consider theology to be the rhetoric of morals.

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit,
and not give the bread of read more

Alas for the unhappy man that is called to stand in the pulpit,
and not give the bread of life.

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, read more

Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation.
Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of
me.
[Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu.
Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.]

Self-trust is the first secret of success

Self-trust is the first secret of success