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.
Genius is power, talent is applicability.
Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character.
The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard.
Imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.
Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call.
There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.
A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character.
Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music.
Blessed are those who have no talent!
Every person has his or her own vocation-talent is the call.
A forte always makes a foible.
We often read with as much talent as we write.