More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Books are for nothing but to inspire"
"Friendship, like the immortality of the soul, is too good to be believed."
"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."
"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"