Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing… - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (25 May 1803 – 27 April 1882) was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet.

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Alternative Names: R. W. Emerson • Waldo Emerson

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The secret of fortune is joy in our hands. Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide. Him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him because he did not need it.

In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.

The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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