"Nature always wears the colors of the spirit" — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

Source: The Human Seasons (1818)

The poetry of the earth is never dead

Source: On the Grasshopper and Cricket (1816)

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict

Source: Self-Culture (1838)

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)

The world is too much with us; late and soon,

Source: Poems in Two Volumes, The World is Too Much With Us (1807)

My heart leaps up when I behold A Rainbow in the sky:

Source: Poems in Two Volumes, My Heart Leaps Up (1807)

Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote