"Not in his goals but in his..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reality is more excellent than the report.”

“The wise man always throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point.”

“Necessity does everything well.”

“But man's capacities have never been measured; nor are we to judge of what he can do by any precedents, so little have been tried.”

“It would be nice and fairly nearly true, to say that 'from that time forth, Eustace was a different boy.' To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But most of those I shall not notice. The cure had begun.”

“Follow your genius closely enough, and it will not fail to show you a fresh prospect every hour.”

“Student: Dr. Einstein, Aren't these the same questions as last year's [physics] final exam? Dr. Einstein: Yes; But this year the answers are different.”

“The thornbush is the old obstacle in the road. It must catch fire if you want to go further.”

“War disorganizes, but it is to reorganize.”