More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs."
"Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood."
"You become what you think about all day long."
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."