Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have a passion for the truth, and a hatred of all falsehood.

The soul's emphasis is always right.

I am a man of contradictions.

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

I have no desire to be great, but I have a desire to be true.

The highest good is that which is most useful.

I am a walking encyclopedia of useless knowledge.

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

I have a great deal of curiosity, and very little patience.

The world is a magnificent book, and he who has not read it has not lived.

I am a firm believer in the doctrine of chances.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I have a great deal of faith in the human mind.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

I am a solitary man, but not a lonely one.

God enters by a private door into every individual.

I have a great deal of hope, and very little fear.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do.

I am a lover of silence.

The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.