Transcendentalism

                     Transcendentalism is a social movement that developed around 1836 in New England, in reaction to rationalism. The main figures of this movement were Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Being influenced by Kantian philosophy, romanticism, and Platonism, it taught that holiness fills all nature and mankind. The members of this held developing views on feminism and mutual living.

2 Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:

"Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved."

This quote is significant because having a positive attitude and being happy will give you better effort towards things, but  being negative will not make you try your best.

"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow."

This quote is significant because by trying new things you will open yourself to man opportunities and that way you learn new things. Not learning = not growing.

2 Quotes from Henry David Thoreau:

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

Following your dreams that you like will make you succeed better than not becoming who you want to be.

"Books are to be distinguished by the grandeur of their topics even more than by the manner in which they are treated."

Books are only defined as to what they talk about, not what they look like.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Henry David Thoreau