A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost ...
Nine score years ago, Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote his American-spirited essay “Self-Reliance.” His thoughts echoed those of his soulmate, Henry David Thoreau, who went off to Waldon Pond to live it out.
A funny thing can happen when you read Ralph Waldo Emerson while listening to Taylor Swift. I’d never associated one with the other, even when I’d crack open “Self-Reliance” and crank up “Evermore” — ...
People start to be a little bit curious about you when you embrace your unique, authentic code. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest ...