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.
A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo EmersonWe do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.
Ralph Waldo Emerson