There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, who wants something more; that of the sick, who wants something different; and that of the traveler, who says, Anywhere but here.More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

The gentleman is a man of truth.More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

If I made laws for Shakers or a school, I should gazette every Saturday all the words they were wont to use in reporting religious experience, as "spiritual life," "God," "soul," "cross," etc., and if they could not find new ones next week, they might remain silent.More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

The glory of the farmer is that, in the division of labors, it is his part to create. All trade rests at last on his primitive activity. He stands close to Nature; he obtains from the earth the bread and the meat. The food which was not, he causes to be.More Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]