In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every[one] I meet is in some way my superior.

If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he build his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.

I regard it as the irresistible effect of the Copernican astronomy to have made the theological scheme of redemption absolutely incredible

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing.