More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"To fill the hour──that is happiness."
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship."
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
"Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the princess in the fairy tale 'til its appropriate liberator comes to set it free."