More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
"Books are for nothing but to inspire"
"If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads."
"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."