Quotes from Ralph Emerson

For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, for love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.

The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds.

power ceases in the instant of repose, it resides in the moment of transition

To know that one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.