About Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, 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.
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Ralph Waldo EmersonBeauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.
Ralph Waldo EmersonFlowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson