"O friend, never strike sail to a..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Only so much of life do I know as I have lived.”

“The learned and the studious of thought have no monopoly of wisdom. Their violence of direction in some degree disqualifies them to think truly.”

“The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible of the guidance of suitors.”

“Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.”

“I look upon England today as an old gentleman who is travelling with a great deal of baggage, trumpery which has accumulated fromlong housekeeping, which he has not the courage to burn.”

“I learned very early in my life never to take counsel in my fears.”

“The true test of courage is to be afraid and to go ahead and do it anyway - to be scared, is to have your knees knocking, but to walk on in there anyway.”

“Suddenly, quietly, you realize that - from this moment forth - you will no longer walk through this life alone. Like a new sun this awareness arises within you, freeing you from fear, opening your life. It is the beginning of love, and the end of all that came before.”

“You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear.”