“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Experience,” from The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Life is a train of moods like a string of beads, and as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue, and each shows only what lies in its focus.” 

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Experience,” from The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson