Quotations from
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society and conformity.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
Everything in Nature contains all the powers of Nature. Everything is made of one hidden stuff.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.