Emerson: I lead a New Life

Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of those rare souls whose words feel like a quiet conversation with an old friend, always ready to offer a spark of insight when you need it most.

His works are foundational to American literature, and he had an immense influence on writers like Nietzsche, Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau, and even later writers such as Robert Frost and Wallace Stevens.

Professor and literary critic Harold Bloom called Emerson a “living presence in our lives today.” In an interview, he proclaimed, “If God appeared in 19th Century America, it was as Ralph Waldo Emerson.”

You can open any of Emerson’s books at random and, no matter the hour, find something that stirs both the mind and the heart.