"In failing circumstances no one can be..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Perception is a mirror not a fact. And what I look on is my state of mind, reflected outward.”

“Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of night, time out of space, and space out of time.”

“Meek young men grow up in libraries.”

“TELL THE WORLD WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO, BUT FIRST SHOW IT.This is the equivalent of saying "deeds, and not words, are what count most.”

“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.”

“Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.”

“Nature is upheld by antagonism. Passions, resistance, danger, are educators. We acquire the strength we have overcome.”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”

“People are bigger than anything that can happen to them.”