Posts Tagged as ‘Emerson’

November 25, 2006

A little more Emerson!

I can’t help myself, everything he has to say is brilliant! I must share it!
-To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to leave the world a better place; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived…This is to have succeeded.
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November 25, 2006

Ralph Waldo Emerson, yet again.

Oh, This is why I love him- what an incredible mind!Whoso would ever be a man, must be a nonconformist
-To believe in your own thought, to believe what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men- that is genius.
-Nature arms each man with some faculty that enables him to [...]

November 25, 2006

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the great transcendentalist writers. His writings have unquestionably had a huge influence on my life, and I think it is fair to say that I lead my life by most of what is written in his essay, “Self Reliance”. I admire his ability to put into words what usually [...]