Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes


The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried.


Citations

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Self-Reliance." Essays: First Series, James Munroe and Company, 1841, p. 39.

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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.