Most of the shadows of life are caused by standing in our own sunshine.Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.”
“The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.”
— 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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