About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, 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.
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There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.
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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.
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Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.
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In every work of genius we see our own rejected thoughts.