American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His essays on self-reliance and nature are still widely read.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
