Quote #302
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
More from Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. (see also: Truth & Lies)
- What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
- The torpid artist seeks inspiration at any cost, by virtue or by vice, by friend or by fiend, by prayer or by wine.
- When you strike at a King, you must kill him.
- The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration t…
- Whoever is open, loyal, true; of humane and affable demeanour; honourable himself, and in his judgement of others; faithful to his word as …
- The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
- When it is darkest, men see the stars.