But if a man be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things. One mig… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

But if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from those heavenly worlds, will separate between him and vulgar things.

But, if a man would be alone, let him look at the stars. The rays that come from these heavenly worlds, will separate between him and what he touches. One might think the atmosphere was made transparent with this design, to give man, in the heavenly bodies, the perpetual presence of the sublime... But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

We think our civilization near its meridian, but we are yet only at the cock-crowing and the morning star. In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy. As a political power, as the rightful lord who is to tumble all rulers from their chairs, its presence is hardly yet suspected

To a dull mind all of nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.

Every man in his lifetime needs to thank his faults.