 A political victory, a rise of rents, the recovery of your sick or the return of your absent friend, or some other favorable event raises your spirits, and you think good days are preparing for you. Do not believe it. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself....  Essays - Page 81by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Abbey - 1988 - 242 pages
...highest point of view. All men plume themselves on the improvement of society, and no man improves. Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. From Society and Solitude: If you would learn to write, 'tis in the street you must learn it. ... The... | |
 | Lillian Watson - 1988 - 356 pages
...he would conclude the lecture— with two sentences he had written in his "thought-book" days ago: Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles. By midmorning Ralph Waldo Emerson had completed his lecture on "Self-Reliance." It was a rousing summons... | |
 | Richard Whelan - 1991 - 212 pages
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 | David Stouck - 1991 - 260 pages
...Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself (893). The essay concludes with a final reminder that 'Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing...can bring you peace but the triumph of principles' (909). Even a cursory review of 'Self-Reliance' reveals it to be most relevant to Ross's novel. Such... | |
 | August Derleth - 1992 - 380 pages
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