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
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
The less government we have the better.
A good intention clothes itself with power.
Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.
A little praise goes a great ways.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
The essence of greatness is the perception that virtue is enough.
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour?
Fame is proof that the people are gullible.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
In the matter of religion, people eagerly fasten their eyes on the difference between their own creed and yours; whilst the charm of the study is in finding the agreements and identities in all the religions of humanity.
In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.
But there is no end to the praise of books, to the value of the library. Who shall estimate their influence on our population where all the millions read and write ? It is the joy of nations that man can communicate all his thoughts, discoveries and virtues to records that may last for centuries.
We take care of our health; we lay up money; we make our roof tight, and our clothing sufficient; but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all, -friends?