More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"The reward of a thing well done is having done it."
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'"
"A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature."
"He in whom the love of repose predominates will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party he meets — most likely his father's. He gets rest, commodity, and reputation; but he shuts the door of truth."