"But to most of us society shows..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The cannon will not suffer any other sound to be heard for miles and for years around it.”

“Rings and jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gifts. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem; the shepherd, his lamb; the farmer, corn; the miner, a stone; the painter, his picture; the girl, a handkerchief of her own sewing.”

“He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.”

“The appointment of a woman to office is an innovation for which the public is not prepared, nor I.”

“The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.”

“The weariness of the cell is the vigour of the organism.”

“What I have learned in my life and work is that the more I am able to be myself, the more it enables other people to be themselves.”

“There's something about the first time an actor runs the material over his or her face you know when they kind of run it through their eyes and you see the thing and there is little imperfections in it and not every line is delivered perfectly, and it doesn't have that mechanical feeling.”

“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”