That which we persist on doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed , but our ability to do has increased. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

One of the most beautiful compensations in life is that no person can help another without helping themselves

I am the lover of uncontained and immortal beauty. In the wilderness, I find something more dear and connate than in streets or villages. In the tranquil landscape, and especially in the distant line of the horizon, man beholds somewhat as beautiful as his own nature.

The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not
realities and creators, but names and customs.