What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all. Auteur: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.” “I trust a good deal to common fame, as we all must. If a man has good corn, or …” “I appeal from your customs. I must be myself. I cannot break myself any longer …” “The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the he…”