Ralph Waldo Emerson on Religiousness
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“Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; Unbelief, in denying them.”
“Religion is to do right. It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble.”
“In spite of our imbecility and terrors, and "universal decay of religion," &c. &c, the moral sense reappears today with the same morning newness that has been from of old the fountain of beauty and strength. You say, there is no religion now. 'Tis like saying in rainy weather, there is no sun, when at that moment we are witnessing one of his superlative effects.”