To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Complete Works - Page 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1900Full view - About this book
| John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 pages
...had not he preached the adamantine doctrine of selftrust? "To believe your own thought," he says, " to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true of all men, — that is genius." In many ways was Whitman, quite unconsciously to himself, the man... | |
| John Burroughs - 1904 - 336 pages
...had not he preached the adamantine doctrine of selftrust ? " To believe your own thought," he says, " to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true of all men, — that is genius." In many ways was Whitman, quite unconsciously to himself, the man... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1905 - 138 pages
...labor, which your necessities or the necessities of others impose. LITERARY ETHICS SEPTEMBER NINTH To believe your own thought, to believe that what...for all men, — that is genius. Speak your latent conviclion, and it shall be the universal sense. SELF-RELIANCE SEPTEMBER TENTH The one prudence in... | |
| 1906 - 866 pages
...he thought the truth was reached. He believed in his own thoughts, and, as Emerson said, "Tobelieve your own thought, to believe that what is true for...in your private heart is true for all men. that is genins." Then he had a splendid boldness in brushing difficulties aside, following lx)rd Bacon's aphorism—... | |
| Henry Guy Walters - 1907 - 116 pages
...own." History (op. cit. p. 1.) "The whole of history is in one man." Self-reliance (op. cit. p. 1.) "To believe your own thought; to believe that what...true for you in your private heart is true for all men—that is genius." Self-reliance (op. clt. p. 1.) te° Mane" is "Speak your latent convicMateriai... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 pages
...The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To 5 believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for... | |
| Sir Algernon West - 1908 - 282 pages
...bottom until he thought the truth was reached. He believed in his own thoughts, and, as Emerson said, " To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart is true for all men, that is genius." Then he had a splendid boldness in brushing difficulties aside, following Lord Bacon's aphorism —... | |
| Federico Gamboa - 1908 - 356 pages
...ejercer su misericordia con » todos.» SAN PABLO Á LOS ROMANOS, cap. i, v. 13; cap. xi, v. 32 « To believe your own thought, to be»lieve that what is true for you in youi vprivate heart is true for olí «ten...» RW EMERSON EUSEBIO SÓMEZ DE LA PUENTE BARCELONA '$»... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1908 - 324 pages
...The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your ownt thought, to believe that what is truev for you in your private heart is true! for all men, —... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1909 - 636 pages
...Always the soul hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may...own thought, to believe that what is true for you in you!: private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall... | |
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