The Berkshire Hathaway chairman has often urged young people, including his own children, to find a job they'd do for free.

In “The Late George Apley,” Ronald Colman, playing the stuffy Bostonian of the film’s title, has on his shelf of classics a collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays. By the late 19th century the ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson, a key Transcendentalist, saw astrology as astronomy applied to human lives. He believed the universe was symbolic, not mechanical. For Emerson, cosmic movements reflected ...

Since 1864, the White Fund has presented a wide range of speakers, always pushing the dialogue of the times. From Ralph Waldo Emerson, Booker T. Washington to telephone pioneer Thomas ...

America's declaration of political independence is a story Americans are familiar with. But few know the story of America's declaration of cultural independence, which took the form of a speech by ...

Don't say too much; don't say too little. That's what it takes to be a very good writer (That's #1). A hundred or so years ago, Emerson figured that out. Though he didn't publish an advice book for ...

John A Andersen John's favorite quote, by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have made some difference that you ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1832, Ralph Waldo Emerson had a crisis of faith and resigned as a Unitarian minister at the Second Church of Boston ...