More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote."
"Pictures must not be too picturesque."
"Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best minds. Men live the brink of mysteries and harmonies into which they never enter, and with their hands on the door-latch they die outside."
"Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up"
"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."