"Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The poetry of the earth is never dead

Source: On the Grasshopper and Cricket (1816)

Meekness: Uncommon patience in planning a revenge that is worth while

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the mind of man

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence

Source: Letter to Major General Stirling (Mar. 5, 1780)

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation

Source: Walden (1854)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote