Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson, known professionally as Waldo Emerson, was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth25 May 1803
CountryUnited States of America
It is the ignorant and childish part of mankind that is the fighting part. Idle and vacant minds want excitement
After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk.
The affirmative of affirmatives... is love.
Earth laughs in flowers to see her boastful boys Earth-proud, proud of the earth which is not theirs; Who steer the plough, but cannot steer their feet Clear of the grave.
Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As the best gem upon her zone.
All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of man's limbs and senses.
Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago, but it is put to better use.
Let us unlearn our wisdom of the world. Let us lie low in the Lord's power, and learn that truth alone makes rich and great.
When we see a soul whose acts are all regal, graceful, and pleasant as roses, we must thank God that such things can be and are.
Every day, a little sadder, a little madder. Will someone get me a ladder?
Performing on a stool, we've got a sight to make you drool, seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool.
The mind will quote whether the tongue does or not.
A bullet had found him, his blood ran out as he cried. No money could save him, so he laid down and died. Ooh, what a lucky man he was.
We do what we must, and call it by the best names we can, and would fain have the praise of having intended the result which ensues.