More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity."
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
"Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great."
"What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find."
"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"