Ralph Waldo Emerson

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

Come, see the north-wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
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Come, see the north-wind's masonry,
Out of an unseen quarry evermore
Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer
Curves his white bastions with projected roof
Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.
Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work
So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he
For number or proportion.

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant

Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.

Peace has its victories, but it takes a brave man to win them.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.

God offers to every mind its choice between truth and repose.