“I laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; …” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.
Born: May 25, 1803, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27, 1882, Concord, Massachusetts, United States
Poems: Brahma, The Rhodora, Boston Hymn, Concord Hymn, Terminus, Uriel
Essays: Self-Reliance, The Over-Soul, The Transcendentalist, Compensation, The Poet, Experience

Quotes
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
The earth laughs in flowers.