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  1. A quotation from Emerson

    I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

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  2. A quotation from Emerson

    I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #church #contemplation #preaching #quiet #silence #yammer

  3. A quotation from Emerson

    I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #church #contemplation #preaching #quiet #silence #yammer

  4. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  5. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  6. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  7. Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  8. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  9. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  10. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  11. The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  12. A quotation from Emerson

    It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #selfreliance #belief #conformity #custom #greatness #independence #integrity #nonconformity #opinion #popularopinion #publicopinion #society #solitude #tradition #unswaying

  13. A quotation from Emerson

    It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #selfreliance #belief #conformity #custom #greatness #independence #integrity #nonconformity #opinion #popularopinion #publicopinion #society #solitude #tradition #unswaying

  14. A quotation from Emerson

    It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who, in the midst of the crowd, keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #selfreliance #belief #conformity #custom #greatness #independence #integrity #nonconformity #opinion #popularopinion #publicopinion #society #solitude #tradition #unswaying

  15. To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  16. To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  17. To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

  18. To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.

    — Ralph Waldo Emerson

    #Stoic #Stoicism #RalphWaldoEmerson

  19. A quotation from Emerson

    Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation

  20. A quotation from Emerson

    Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation

  21. A quotation from Emerson

    Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation

  22. A quotation from Emerson

    Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
    Essay (1841), “Self-Reliance,” Essays: First Series, No. 2

    More about this quote: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson #assessment #autonomy #conformity #goodness #humanity #integrity #label #liberty #manliness #mind #nonconformist #orthodoxy #questioning #righteousness #sacred #self #validation

  23. Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

    ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RalphWaldoEmerson #Doubt #Fear #Preparation

    ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #LakeSantaFe #Florida

  24. Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
    -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

    ⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #RalphWaldoEmerson #Doubt #Fear #Preparation

    ⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Sunset #LakeSantaFe #Florida