"Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Read proudly--put the duty of being read invariably on the author. If he is not read, whose fault is it? I am quite ready to be charmed, but I shall not make-believe I am charmed.”

“Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.”

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”

“And for all I can tell, the only difference is that what many see we call a real thing, and what only one sees we call a dream. But things that many see may have no taste or moment in them at all, and things that are shown only to one may be spears and water-spouts of truth from the very depth of truth.”

“There are times, however, and this is one of them, when even being right feels wrong. What do you say, for instance, about a generation that has been taught that rain is poison and sex is death?”

“A man's power to connect his thought with its proper symbol, and so to utter it, depends on the simplicity of his character, that is, upon his love of truth, and his desire to communicate it without loss.”

“No sane man objects to palpable lies about him; what he objects to is damaging facts.”

“It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.”

“A lie keeps growing and growing until it's as plain as the nose on your face.”