The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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