About Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and critical thinking, as well as...
More quotations from Ralph Waldo Emerson
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
To repeat what others have said, requires education; to challenge it, requires brains.
There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant.
The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
More quotations tagged with “luck”
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have.