Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.”
“Great are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.”
— 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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