"The world exists for the education of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Englands genius filled all measureOf heart and soul, of strength and pleasure,Gave to the mind its emperor,And life was larger than before:Nor sequent centuries could hitOrbit and sum of Shakespeares wit. The men who lived with him becamePoets, for the air was fame.”

“Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.”

“Dreams and beasts are two keys by which we find out the keys of our own nature.”

“Some people read so little they have rickets of the mind.”

“Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.”

“That day, Miss Mdingane told me that my new name was Nelson. Why she bestowed this particular name upon me I have no idea. Perhaps it had something to do with the great British sea captain Lord Nelson, but that would be only a guess.”

“Everyone thinks that the principal thing to the tree is the fruit, but in point of fact the principal thing to it is the seed.”

“Everything is here for a purpose, from horses to vine shoots. What's surprising about that? Even the sun will tell you, "I have a purpose," and the other goods as well.”

“The elemental fact, present in our consciousness every moment of our existence, is: I am life that wills to live, in the midst of life that wills to live.... The essence of the humane spirit is: Preserve life, promote life, help life to achieve its highest destiny. The essence of Evil is: Destroy life, harm life, hamper the development of life”