"Best masters for the young writer and..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is much better to learn the elements of geology, of botany, or ornithology and astronomy by word of mouth from a companion than dully from a book.”

“Of course, he who has put forth his total strength in fit actions, has the richest return of wisdom.”

“So much of our time is spent in preparation, so much in routine, and so much in retrospect, that the amount of each person's genius is confined to a very few hours.”

“I gotta big mouth, I can't help it, I talk from my heart, I'm real, whatever comes comes. But my controversy problem, it's not my fault, I try to find my way in the world you know, I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody. So I go down paths that haven't been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.”

“I find quite as much material for a lecture in those points wherein I have failed, as in those wherein I have been moderately successful.”

“I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.”

“Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.”

“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars.”

“It never bothered me when people would say, 'You only win championships because you're playing with Shaq.' It bothered me when he said it.”