Ralph waldo emerson

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.
Every particular in nature, a leaf, a drop, a crystal, a moment of time is related to the whole, and partakes of the perfection of the whole.
In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode.