Subject: generic best Emerson

From: "Fritz David" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 10:43:54 -0400

When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.

To fear death is to misunderstand life.

A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.

The heavens and the earth and all that is between them, do you think they were created in jest?

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.

The idol is the measure of the worshipper.

What you are is God's gift to you, what you do with yourself is your gift to God.

Happiness isn't something you experience it's something you remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.

This most beautiful system [The Universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.

You've got to jump off cliffs and build your wings on the way down.