Showing posts with label Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ralph Waldo Emerson. Show all posts

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Beauty, Ralph Waldo Emerson


If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), Nature and Selected Essays

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Beauty, Ralph Waldo Emerson


If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Beauty, Ralph Waldo Emerson


Beauty without expression is boring.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)