Quotations inspire the soul. The quote books in Applewood Books' Great Quotations series are each bound in a handsome three-piece cover, and do just that and more. Quotations of Ralph Waldo Emerson is a collection revealing the transcendental wisdom, as well as the keenly detailed observations regarding individuality and the human soul, of Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. The way of life is wonderful: it is by abandonment." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Circles" (1841)