If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”
“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”
— RALPH WALDO EMERSON
Essayist and philosopher · 1803 – 1882
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist and philosopher who led the Transcendentalist movement, arguing for self-reliance, intuition and the spiritual presence in nature. His essays 'Nature' and 'Self-Reliance' shaped American thought, and he mentored both Thoreau and Whitman.
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