拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生（Ralph Waldo Emerson，1803年5月25日－1882年4月27日），生于美国波士顿。美国思想家、文学家、诗人。爱默生是确立美国文化精神的代表人物，是新英格兰超验主义最杰出的代言人。美国总统林肯称他为“美国的孔子”、“美国文明之父”。代表作品《论自然》，《美国学者》。其中《论自然》被认为是新英格兰超验主义的圣经，而《美国学者》被誉为“美国思想文化领域的独立宣言”。
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
👿 “For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
🤲 “Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
** 💗 “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”**
💪 “Always do what you are afraid to do.”
🏂 “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
🌼 “Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
👍 “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.”
“What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
💓 “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”
“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.”
😀 “The earth laughs in flowers.”
