Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) was an American essayist and poet.

A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Children are all foreigners.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every great and commanding moment in the annals of the world is the triumph of some enthusiasm.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Ralph Waldo Emerson