Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a famous American preacher, philosopher, and poet of the 19th century who served as the center of the Transcendental movement.
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The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night a... Go to Quote / Comment
It is very easy in the world to live by the opinion of the world. It is very easy in solitude to be self-centered. But the finished man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Go to Quote / Comment
The reliance on property is...the want of self-reliance. Men measure the esteem of each other by what each has, and not by what each is. But a cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property...(Essays) Go to Quote / Comment
He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear Go to Quote / Comment
If you shoot at a king you must kill him. Go to Quote / Comment