Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes


Speak the affirmative; emphasize your choice by utter ignoring of all that you reject.


Citations

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, With Annotations: 1833-1835. Edited by Edward Waldo Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1910, p. 445.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Born: May 25, 1803
  • Died: April 27, 1882
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Ralph Waldo Emerson, who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist 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.