[Music] takes us out of the actual and whispers to · Ralph Waldo Emerson — Escritas.org

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[Music] takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.

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The cure for false theology is motherwit. Forget your books and traditions, and obey your moral perceptions at this hour. ♥ 1 Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start. ♥ 2 It is not length of life, but depth of life. Travelling is a fool's paradise. We owe to our first journeys the discovery that place is nothing.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

Albert Einstein One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic. attributed

Josef Stalin A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

David Hume The art of government is the organization of idolatry.

George Bernard Shaw

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803-05-25 — 1882-04-27 · Boston

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a pivotal American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet, widely regarded as the leader of the Transcendentalist movement. His philosophy emphasized individualism, self-reliance, the divinity of nature, and the inherent goodness of humanity. Emerson's prolific writings and eloquent lectures profoundly influenced American thought, literature, and culture, advocating for a spiritual and intellectual awakening distinct from European traditions. His ideas continue to inspire discussions on personal freedom, environmentalism, and the pursuit of truth.