God hides things by putting them near us.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

We pass for what we are.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Make youself necessary to someone.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some will always be above others.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

My hours are peaceful centuries.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing can be preserved that is not good.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The world we live in is but thickened light.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life is a festival only to the wise.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let there be worse cotton and better men.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson