Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue.”
“Go put your creed into the deed. Nor speak with double tongue.”
— 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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