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."
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased."
"All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen."
"Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science."
"Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising that tempt you to believe your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires some of the same courage that a soldier needs. Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them."