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
Civilization depends on morality.
Freedom has nothing to do with having the right to vote for your oppressor; freedom is not having any form of oppression.
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed.
Who leaves the pine-tree, leaves his friend, Unnerves his strength, invites his end.
The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
The shot heard round the world.
I admire answers to which no answers can be made.
Skepticism is unbelief in cause and effect.
Eloquence is the power to translate a truth into language perfectly intelligible to the person to whom you speak.
Some natures are too good to be spoiled by praise.
Noblesse oblige; or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.
Envy is the tax which all distinction must pay.
When I was praised I lost my time, for instantly I turned around to look at the work I had thought slightly of, and that day I made nothing new.
The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui s, vanish, all duties even.