Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Into the Green Future
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Carry Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wisdom with you in this inspirational guide that features 60 of his most insightful quotes.
As an “adventuring heretic,” Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) challenged comfortable assumptions about nature, scientific understanding, and divine intelligence. The Sage of Concord’s writings continue to inspire and influence new generations of thinkers and readers as he bridges the wild places of the heart and intellect.
In Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson, editor Chris Highland pairs 60 Emerson passages with inspirational quotes from historical and contemporary luminaries as diverse as Margaret Fuller, the Dalai Lama, and Jack Kerouac. Take this pocket-size guide with you on backpacks, nature hikes, and camping trips. Let Emerson’s words enrich your experience as you ponder the wilderness from riverbank, mountaintop, or as you relax beside your campfire.
Inside you’ll find:
- 60 inspiring Ralph Waldo Emerson quotes
- Selections of text from other philosophical minds
- Short excerpts for convenient reading
This portable sampler of 60 selections—from 30 years of Emerson’s writings—reveals the essence of Emerson’s spiritual vision. Journey into the mind and heart of this great 19th century author, poet, and philosopher whose writings remain relevant and inspiring today.
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Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Chris Highland
Meditations of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Into the Green Future
1st EDITION April 2004
2nd printing April 2006
3rd printing August 2008
Copyright © 2004 by Chris Highland
Foreword copyright © 2004 by Wesley T. Mott
Front cover and frontispiece portraits courtesy Joel Myerson
Collection of Nineteenth-Century American
Literature, University of South Carolina
Other cover photos copyright © 2004 by Chris Highland
Interior photos, except where noted, by Chris Highland
Book and cover design by Larry B. Van Dyke
ISBN 978-0-89997-352-4
UPC 7-19609-97352-2
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Cover photos: Emerson at age 51 (1854); Glen Almond—Highlands, Scotland; Fern fronds; Sunrise over Blue Ridge Mountains—South Carolina
Frontispiece: Emerson at age 70 (1873)
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Contents
Foreword
by Wesley T. Mott
Introduction
Emerson Selection, with Source and Companion
1 I Will Be a Naturalist — Charles Darwin
Journals (1833)
2 The Noble Earth — David Brower
Journals (1834)
3 Mellow Beauty — Anna Ione
Journals (1834)
4 Natural Relations — Martin Buber
Journals (1836)
5 Face to Face — Margaret Fuller
Nature (1836)
6 To Go Into Solitude — The Dalai Lama
Nature (1836)
7 On This Green Ball — Zoroaster
Nature (1836)
8 Follow Your Streams — Mechthild
Nature (1836)
9 My Beautiful Mother — Chief Seattle
Nature (1836)
10 Worship — Meister Eckhart
Nature (1836)
11 By Your Hands — Henri Nouwen
Nature (1836)
12 The Secret of Nature — Catherine of Siena
Journals (1837)
13 Humanity Thinking — Marcus Aurelius
The American Scholar (1837)
14 This Web of God — The Tao
The American Scholar (1837)
15 From One Root — George Herbert
The American Scholar (1837)
16 Currents of Warm Life — Oscar Romero
The American Scholar (1837)
17 World Enough For Us — St. Monica
Journals (1838)
18 The Wild Apple Bloomed God — Black Elk
Journals (1838)
19 Into the Green Future — Henry David Thoreau
Journals (1838)
20 Breath of Life — David Masumoto
An Address (1838)
21 Religion of Joy — Martin Luther King, Jr.
An Address (1838)
22 My Garden is Nearer — Henry Miller
Journals (1839)
23 I Can Hardly Believe It Exists — Tim McNulty
Journals (1840)
24 In the Presence of Nature — Rumi
Journals (1840)
25 Where One Ray Should Fall — Hildegard of Bingen
Self-Reliance (1841, first series of essays)
26 Wood-life — Theodore Roethke
Self-Reliance (1841)
27 All Things Are Made Sacred — John Shelby Spong
Self-Reliance (1841)
28 Roses Are Roses — Friedrich Nietzsche
Self-Reliance (1841)
29 No Other Footprints — Navaho
Self-Reliance (1841)
30 To Beg a Cup of Water — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Self-Reliance (1841)
31 Higher Prayer — Jack Kerouac
Self-Reliance (1841)
32 My Giant — Hans Christian Andersen
Self-Reliance (1841)
33 Path from the Heart — Thich Nhat Hanh
Journals (1841)
34 Lowly Listening — Søren Kierkegaard
Spiritual Laws (1841)
35 The Passion — Marguerite Porete
Love (1841)
36 Shelter — Mother Teresa
Friendship (1841)
37 We Are a Stream — Sirach
The Over-Soul (1841)
38 Without a Bell — Mundaka Upanishad
The Over-Soul (1841)
39 By the Same Fire — Vincent van Gogh
The Over-Soul (1841)
40 The Heart of All — Yehudah Zevi
The Over-Soul (1841)
41 Circle Within Circle — Vivekananda
Circles (1841)
42 Immersed in Beauty — Mahatma Gandhi
Art (1841)
43 Daily Bread — Jesus of Nazareth
Journals (1843)
44 Waiting For a Poet — Robert Burns
The Poet (1844, second series of essays)
45 Toys — Heraclitus
The Poet (1844)
46 Gates of the Forest — Walt Whitman
Nature (1844)
47 To Nestle in Nature — Gerard Manley Hopkins
Nature (1844)
48 The Most Ancient Religion — Karen Armstrong
Nature (1844)
49 Beauty Breaks in Everywhere — Nahid Angha
Nature (1844)
50 The City of God — Saul of Tarsus
Nature (1844)
51 Proteus — Bernd Heinrich
Nature (1844)
52 The Young of the World — John Steinbeck
Nature (1844)
53 Encamped in Nature — John Muir
Nature (1844)
54 Not Near Enough — Sandokai
Nature (1844)
55 Tickled Trout — The Qur’an
Nature (1844)
56 A Present Sanity — The Buddha
Nature (1844)
57 Save the Present Moment — Shurli Grant
Journals (1848)
58 Sweeter Rivers Silent — Rebecca Lawton
Journals (1856)
59 Deep Green Leaves — Malcolm Jones
Journals (1862)
60 I Am Still at Home — The Dalai Lama
From the poem Walden
Afterword — Ralph Waldo Emerson
From the poem Good-Bye
Sources
Photo Credits
Foreword
A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him, wherever he goes.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Spiritual Laws
The reputation of Ralph Waldo Emerson is as high as it has been