Build therefore your own world. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Quote More from Ralph Waldo Emerson “The influence of the senses has, in most men, overpowered the mind to the degre…” “Of that ineffable essence which we call Spirit, he that thinks most, will say l…” “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little states…” “Every ship is a romantic object, except that we sail in. ”