Ralph Waldo Emerson: For Every Minute You Are Angry...

For every minute you are angry, you lose 60 seconds of happiness.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

postmarked in 2012 with a 32 cent Aloha stamp

(Did you notice there are 60 birds?)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet.

A Few Namesakes:
Harvard named a building, Emerson Hall after him.
The Emerson String Quartet, formed in 1976, took their name from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize is awarded annually to high school students for essays on historical subjects.