"Thanks to the morning light, Thanks to..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.”

“The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm. In the imitator something else is natural, and he bereaves himself of his own beauty, to come short of another man's.”

“A cheerful, intelligent face is the end of culture.”

“According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.”

“When the leaves of the strongest tree fall, spring is here.”

“Nothing in the world is as soft and yielding as water. Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible, nothing can surpass it. The soft overcomes the hard; the gentle overcomes the rigid. Everyone knows this is true, but few can put it into practice. Therefore the Master remains serene in the midst of sorrow. Evil cannot enter his heart. Because he has given up helping, he is people's greatest help. True words seem paradoxical.”

“Don't complain about what you don't have. Use what you've got. To be less than your best is a sin.”

“There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.”

“When I was young I asked more of people than they could give: everlasting friendship, endless feeling. Now I know to ask less of them than they can give: a straightforward companionship. And their feelings, their friendship, their generous actions seem in my eyes to be wholly miraculous: a consequence of grace alone.”