“But man postpones or remembers; he does not live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround him, stands on tiptoe to foresee the future....”
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Self-Reliance The Wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson as Inspiration for Daily Living
A finely honed abridgement of Emerson's principal essays with an introduction that clarifies the essence of Emerson's ideas and establishes their relevance to our own troubled era. This is the first truly accessible edition of Emerson's work, revealing him to be one of America's wisest teachers.
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“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards”
“I ought to go upright and vital, and speak the rude truth in all ways.”
“Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.”