When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), Schriftsteller

Source: Essays, First Series (über goodreads, Wortlaut nicht gegengeprüft)

Topics: Relationships & Family, Love, Faith & Trust

Occasions: For Reflection, Gratitude

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) war ein US-amerikanischer Essayist, Philosoph und Dichter aus Massachusetts sowie die zentrale Leitfigur des amerikanischen Transzendentalismus. Nachdem er sein unitarisches Pfarramt aufgegeben hatte, trat er in Schriften wie „Self-Reliance“ für geistige Selbstbestimmung, die göttliche Gegenwart in der Natur und das Vertrauen auf die eigene Intuition ein. Für Bibelleser ist er ein sprachmächtiger Impulsgeber zu Charakterstärke und Schöpfungswahrnehmung, dessen Schriften traditionelle kirchliche Dogmen und die exklusive Gottheit Jesu Christi jedoch entschieden ablehnten.

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