agency 8
- An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man
- Peace can come only from yourself and the triumph of principles
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American essayist and lecturer (1803 to 1882); began his career as a Unitarian minister in Boston; author of essays including Self-Reliance, History, The Over-Soul and Fate.
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What Ralph Waldo Emerson says most about
happiness 6
- Peace can come only from yourself and the triumph of principles
- Travelling to escape yourself is a delusion because places do not matter
creativity 4
- Cultivate your own gift and never imitate another's talent
- Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
education 4
- Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide
- The State exists to educate the wise person, and their appearance makes it unnecessary
government 4
- The State exists to educate the wise person, and their appearance makes it unnecessary
- Every actual state is corrupt, and good people must not obey the laws too well
humility 4
- Say what you think today even if it contradicts what you said yesterday
- We are wiser than we know if we let our thought act without interference
friendship 2
- The tighter a person's union with others, the smaller and more pitiful they become
- Better to challenge a friend than merely agree, and true friendship requires being able to do without it
religion 2
- An institution is the lengthened shadow of one man
- Historical Christianity dwells with harmful exaggeration on the person of Jesus; the soul knows no persons