"At times the whole world seems to..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.”

“A strenuous soul hates cheap success. It is the ardor of the assailant that makes the vigor of the defendant.”

“The order of things consents to virtue.”

“Love is, without question life's greatest experience.”

“Evermore in the world is this marvelous balance of beauty and disgust, magnificence and rats.”

“The Greeks said grandly in their tragic phrase, 'Let no one be called happy till his death;' to which I would add, 'Let no one, till his death, be called unhappy.'”

“Anxious. Intriguing word. It literally means, "to be divided" or "distracted." It conveys the idea of being so mentally ill at ease that you cannot do what you need to do because you are so distracted in your thinking.”

“Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.”

“Stay focused instead of getting offended or off track by others.”