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
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Knowledge exists to be imparted.
Sunshine cannot bleach the snow, Nor time unmake what poets know
The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.
The secret is the answer to all that has been, all that is, and all that will ever be.
The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere.
Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn
America means opportunity, freedom, power.
My son, a perfect little boy of five years and three months, had ended his earthly life. You can never sympathize with me; you can never know how much of me such a young child can take away. A few weeks ago I accounted myself a very rich man, and now the poorest of all.
You never know how you look through other people's eyes.
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.
Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.
You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him.