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
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.
Tis good-will makes intelligence.
Works of the intellect are great only by comparison with each other.
The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.
Life is a festival only to the wise.
One definition of man is an intelligence served by organs.
Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.
We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.
The best efforts of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
The best effect of fine persons is felt after we have left their presence
These times of ours are serious and full of calamity, but all times are essentially alike
Not in his goals but in his transitions is man great
A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us