More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"His heart was as great as the world, but there was no room in it to hold the memory of a wrong"
"In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity."
"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm."
"What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find."
"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."