What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think. This rule, equally arduous in actual and in intellectual life, may serve for the whole distinction between greatness and meanness. It is the harder because you will always find those who... Works - Page 12by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883Full view - About this book
| John Morley - 2006 - 488 pages
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| Larry Chang - 2006 - 826 pages
...unembellished existence, that he is able to attain peace of mind. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, 1788-1860 ~ It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882 ~ "Self-Reliance," Essays, First Series, 1841 There is no joy but... | |
| Karen Kelly - 2007 - 238 pages
...guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark. What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. Howard P. Segal, Bird Professor of History at the University of Maine, is an expert on America utopianism... | |
| Kimberly Campbell - 2007 - 233 pages
...heart vibrates to that iron string." "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." "It is easy in the world to live after the world's...with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude." "But do your thing and I shall know you. Doyour work andyou shall reinforce yourself." "For nonconformity... | |
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