EMERSON SAID IT
"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself"
This quote is probably one of Emerson's powerful quotes. Emerson gives this idea of individuality. Who else can bring peace in our life but ourselves. We human beings are the ones who can bring peace, beauty, and harmony into this world; this life. This came up on the Socratic seminar because we discussed Emerson's idea of being self reliant; being thyself. To believe in yourself.

"Every heart vibrates to the iron string" In this quote Emerson claims that as human beings we should listen to our instincts. To trust your own feelings, to do what you desire to do. We tend to do what society pressures us to do than to be different. yet we tend to be like everybody else. We need to be ourselves and show who we truly are.

"Meantime nature is not slow to equip us in the prison-uniform of the party to which we adhere"
In this quote Emerson is addressing that we humans are like prisoners to society. Prisoners are to follow orders, just how society pressures us to do certain things.

"We but have express ourselves, and we are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents." In this quote Emerson states that we have a hard time showing what we truly are. And we tend to do what society pressures us to do. The fact that we are too terrified to show our uniqueness to the world. 

"To be great is to be misunderstood''
In this quote Emerson means that to be misunderstood is great. To believe in what you want to believe is great, even though some may disagree.