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
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not seen.
The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry.
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
The highest revelation is that God is in every man.
Our strength grows out of our weakness.
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
This is my wish for you: Comfort on difficult days, smiles when sadness intrudes, rainbows to follow the clouds, laughter to kiss your lips, sunsets to warm your heart, hugs when spirits sag, beauty for your eyes to see, friendships to brighten your being, faith so that you can believe, confidence for when you doubt, courage to know yourself, patience to accept the truth, Love to complete your life.
I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent from the chamber where thou sittest.
I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom.