Quotes about Connection

For the secrets of life are not shown except to sympathy and likeness.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, — a possession for all time.

A materialist would argue that I'm a product of my circumstances. But I make my own circumstances. If I make a change in my dominant thoughts or motives, a change in my situation and surroundings will soon follow. Through my actions, I attract people and situations to match my mentality. As I am, so I act; and as I act, so I attract.

Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.

Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a

Every natural fact is a symbol of some spiritual fact

The aspect of nature is devout. Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded upon the breast. The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.

Yes, but does Maine have anything to SAY to Florida?

Treat all people as if they are real, because who knows, perhaps they are.

The soul is what knows—and draws us towards—truth, beauty, and goodness. Moreover, for Emerson, each person's soul is only a part of the great, universal "over-soul." He describes the soul as a vast ocean, with our individual souls being tiny inlets into the shore. Individuality is an illusion—really, we're all connected, like fingers extending from one hand.

As a plant upon the earth, so a man rests upon the bosom of God; he is nourished by unfailing fountains, and draws, at his need, inexhaustible power. Who can set bounds to the possibilities of man?

Each creature is only a modification of the other; the likeness in them is more than the difference, and their radical law is one and the same.