“Our best thoughts come from others.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground-breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Considered one of the great orators of the time, Emerson's enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. His support for abolitionism late in life created controversy, and at times he was subject to abuse from crowds while speaking on the topic. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man." ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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“Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.”
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“When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.”
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“There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.”
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“Every burned book enlightens the world.”
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“Every hero becomes a bore at last.”
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“The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.”
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“The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.”
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“The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.”
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“A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life: he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.”
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“The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.”
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“Doing well is the result of doing good. That's what capitalism is all about.”
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“A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.”
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“Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”
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“Genius always finds itself a century too early.”
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“Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new...”
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“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.”
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“A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.”
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“Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.”
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“It is my desire, in the office of a Christian minister, to do nothing which I cannot do with my whole heart. Having said this, I have said all.”
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