“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson | The Right Words Movement

To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

— Ralph Waldo EmersonGrowth

From “Experience” (1844)

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