 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
 | George McCready Price - 1920 - 248 pages
...every department of knowledge. In his famous essay on " Self-Reliance," this is how he puts it : " To believe your own thought, to believe that what...latent conviction, and it shall be the universal sense. ... A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within,... | |
 | Charles Henry Woolbert, Andrew Thomas Weaver - 1922 - 426 pages
...having real opinions with a bone up their backs. Says Emerson, "To believe your own thought, to believe what is true for you in your private heart, is true...latent conviction and it shall be the universal sense." We cannot all be geniuses — that would be rather hard on the world — but we can all believe our... | |
 | William George Hoffman - 1923 - 312 pages
...Study its meaning in detail and then give it in earnest conversational fashion, as if you enjoyed it: To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your own private heart is true for all men — that is genius. Speak your latent conviction and it shall... | |
 | 1924 - 1042 pages
...nobility of the mind which is recording itself. His definition of genius is very true of himself — "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...private heart, is true for all men, that is genius." Therefore he speaks out his own thoughts with a burning eloquence born of his absolute sincerity. This... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1924 - 152 pages
...knowledge, as the plant has root, bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end! —INTELLECT + 1 o believe your own thought, to believe that what is...private heart, is true for all men, — that is Genius. — SELF-RELIANCE * We cannot describe the natural history of the Soul but we know that it is divine.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 412 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 J-.n_hp1ipvP tW what, is true f^vou^n>nui "priv; heart is _truc_ for all men, — -that ia f""'!^ Speak,... | |
 | Henry Wheeler Robinson - 1928 - 324 pages
...they were worth, on the deepest convictions of their own hearts, convictions of intrinsic worth. " To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart ia true for all men — that is genius."1 It was the genius of Israel's prophets, and they became prophets... | |
 | Caswell A. Mayo - 1928 - 82 pages
...striking characteristic. Emerson says, 'Who would be a man must be a nonconformist.' He also said, 'To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you is true for all men — that is genius.' Measured by these standards, Professor Lloyd is both a man... | |
 | Ashley Horace Thorndike - 1928 - 494 pages
...never examines, never discovers anything. He who discovers nothing remains blind. — BOLINGBROKE. To believe your own thought, to believe that what...genius. Speak your latent conviction, and it shall become the universal sense. — EMERSON. One on God's side is a majority. — WENDELL PHILLIPS. There... | |
 | Richard Shusterman - 2000 - 292 pages
...boldly concludes, and you will attain not only a distinctive style but the distinction of true genius. "To believe your own thought, to believe that what...true for you in your private heart, is true for all men,—that is genius." Since nothing is more "sacred" than "the integrity of our own mind," the imitation... | |
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