More quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art."
"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
"He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life."
"When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your're the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying."
"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."