The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

We take care of our health, we lay up money, we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient, but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all-friends. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

The reward of a thing well done is to have done it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

If we live truly, we shall see truly. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

It is not length of life, but depth of life. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession... Do that which is assigned to you, and you cannot hope too much or dare too much. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the new. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

What I must do is all that concerns me. This rule, equally arduous in actual and intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is harder because you will always find those who think they know what is your duty better than you know it. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Often a certain abdication of prudence and foresight is an element of success. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Life is a successon of lessons, which must be lived to be understood. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...

Four snakes gliding up and down a hollow for no purpose that I could see -- not to eat, not for love, but only gliding. - Ralph Waldo Emerson. View more images...