Ralph Waldo Emerson Universe Quotations

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul. Strictly speaking, therefore, all that is separate from us, all which Philosophy distinguishes as the 'Not Me,' that is, both nature and art, all other men and my own body, must be ranked under this name, 'Nature.'

Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee, and do not try to make the universe a blind alley

Philosophically considered, the universe is composed of Nature and the Soul.

[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul...

The universe is the externalization of the soul.