More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
"Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside."
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
"Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not."