More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none."
"Every artist was first an amateur."
"Make the most of yourself....for that is all there is of you."
"Some books leave us free and some books make us free."
"Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect."