Today is the birthday of Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882), essayist, philosopher, and poet. He is best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century."A great man is always willing to be little." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man in debt is so far a slave." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"A man is what he thinks about all day long." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"As long as a man stands in his own way, everything seems to be in his way." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do the thing we fear, and death of fear is certain." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Hitch your wagon to a star." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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