May 7
Companions of the Way (Morning)Great is truth, and mighty above all things.
MANNERS impress as they indicate real power. A man who is sure of his point carries a broad and contented expression, which everybody reads. And you cannot rightly train one to an air and manner except by making him the kind of man of whom that manner is the natural expression. Nature ever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honour, because he was not lying in wait for these. The things of a man for which we visit him were done in the dark and the cold.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
MANNERS AND TRUTH