Philosophers Flashcards
What does Seneca say about shaping our life?
“If you shape your life according to nature, you will never be poor; if according to people’s opinions, you will never be rich.”
What does Seneca say about bringing up the rear?
“Every day, therefore, should be regulated as if it were the one that brings up the rear, the one that rounds out and completes our lives”
What does Seneca say about a good character?
“A good character is the only guarantee of everlasting, carefree happiness.”
What does Seneca say about liking yourself?
“What difference does it make, after all, what your position in life is if you dislike it yourself?”
What does Seneca say about the world’s opinions?
“Away with the world’s opinion of you—it’s always unsettled and divided.”
What does Seneca say about a disposition to good?
“Work with stubbornness and strong discipline until our will power to do the right thing leads to a disposition of doing the right thing.”
What does Seneca say about focus?
“Focus is the concentration of attention to the exclusion of all else. It means putting everything you have into what you’re doing at this very second—whether it’s on work, training, nutrition, a friend or loved one. When you’re focused, you’re not thinking about the past or future. Nothing else enters your mind.”
What does Seneca say about the troubled ones?
“The worse a person is the less he feels it.”
What does Seneca say about the philosopher’s power?
“Philosophy’s power to blunt all the blows of circumstance is beyond belief.”
What does Seneca say about the philosopher?
“The philosopher: he alone knows how to live for himself. He is the one, in fact, who knows the fundamental thing: how to live.”
What does Seneca say about philosophy?
“Philosophy takes as her aim the state of happiness…she shows us what are real and what are only apparent evils. She strips men’s minds of empty thinking, bestows a greatness that is solid and administers a check to greatness where it is puffed up and all an empty show; she sees that we are left no doubt about the difference between what is great and what is bloated.”
What does Seneca say about philosophy’s gift to humanity?
“Shall I tell you what philosophy holds out to humanity? Counsel… You are called in to help the unhappy.”
What does Seneca say about the time commitment of philosophy?
“When some state or other offered Alexander a part of its territory and half of all its property he told them that ‘he hadn’t come to Asia with the intention of accepting whatever they cared to give him, but of letting them keep whatever he chose to leave them.’ Philosophy, likewise, tells all other occupations: ‘It’s not my intention to accept whatever time is leftover from you; you shall have, instead, what I reject.’ Give your whole mind to her.”
What does Seneca say about a path to salvation?
“A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation… you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.”
What does Seneca say about living simply?
“The wise man then followed a simple way of life—which is hardly surprising when you consider how even in this modern age he seeks to be as little encumbered as he possibly can.”
What does Seneca say about pleasures and punishments?
“So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.”
What does Seneca say about the wise man?
“There is nothing the wise man does reluctantly.”
What does Seneca say about the path to salvation?
“A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation… you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.”
What does Seneca say about fearing death?
“Death: There’s nothing bad about it at all except the thing that comes before it—the fear of it”
What does Seneca say about incomplete life?
“Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.” “Refuse to let the thought of death bother you: nothing is grim when we have escaped that fear.”
What does Seneca say about harshness?
“Be harsh with yourself at times.”
What does Seneca say about rehearsing death?
“Rehearse death. To say this is to tell a person to rehearse his freedom. A person who has learned how to die has unlearned how to be a slave. He is above, or at any rate, beyond the reach of, all political powers.”
What does Seneca say about expecting death?
“Just where death is expecting you is something we cannot know; so, for your part, expect him everywhere.”
What does Seneca say about salvation?
“There is about wisdom a nobility and magnificence in the fact that she doesn’t just fall to a person’s lot, that each man owes her to his own efforts, that one doesn’t go to anyone other than oneself to find her.”
What does Seneca say about fear of dying?
“You want to live—but do you know how to live? You are scared of dying—and, tell me, is the kind of life you lead really any different from being dead?”
What does Seneca say about living in the public view?
“We should live as if we were in public view, and think, too, as if someone could peer into the inmost recesses of our hearts—which someone can!”
What does Seneca say about rumination?
“What’s the good of dragging up sufferings which are over, of being unhappy now just because you were then.”
What does Seneca say about unhappiness?
“A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.”
What does Seneca say about pursuing a straight course?
“How much better to pursue a straight course and eventually reach that destination where the things that are pleasant and the things that are honorable finally become, for you, the same.”
What does Seneca say about man’s ideal state?
“Man’s ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy—that he live in accordance with his own nature.”
What does Seneca say about difficulty?
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
What does Seneca say about living life?
“As it is with a play, so it is with life - what matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.”
What does Seneca say about walking alone?
“Retire into yourself as much as possible. Associate with people who are likely to improve you. Welcome those whom you are capable of improving. The process is a mutual one. People learn as they teach.”
What does Seneca say about peace of mind?
“The place one’s in, though, doesn’t make any contribution to peace of mind: it’s the spirit that makes everything agreeable to oneself.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about time?
“Your time has a limit set to it. Use it, then to advance your enlightenment; or it will be gone, and never in your power again.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about habitual thoughts?
“Your mind will be like its habitual thoughts; for the soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. Soak it then in such trains of thoughts as, for example: Where life is possible at all, a right life is possible.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about living each day?
“To live each day as though one’s last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about visions of a lifetime?
“Never confuse yourself by visions of an entire lifetime at once… remember that it is not the weight of the future or the past that is pressing upon you, but ever that of the present alone.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about how we appear to others?
“You should banish any thoughts of how you may appear to others.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about a surplus of time?
“Take it that you have died today, and your life’s story is ended; and henceforward regard what future time may be given you as an uncovenanted surplus, and live it out in harmony with nature”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the life we have to lose?
“Were you to live three thousand years, or even thirty thousand, remember that the sole life which a man can lose is that which he is living at the moment; and furthermore, that he can have no other life except the one he loses… This means that the longest life and the shortest amount to the same thing. For the passing minute is every man’s equal possession, but what has once gone by is not ours.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about challenges?
“So here is a rule to remember in future, when anything tempts you to feel bitter: not, ‘This is a misfortune,’ but ‘To bear this worthily is a good fortune.’”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about changing empires?
“Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future too.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about retiring within ourselves?
“Men seek for seclusion in the wilderness, by the seashore, or in the mountains - a dream you have cherished too fondly yourself. But such fancies are wholly unworthy of a philosopher, since at any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat that in his own soul; above all, he possesses resources in himself, which he need only contemplate to secure immediate ease of mind - the ease that is but another word for a well-ordered spirit. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement and so continually renew yourself.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about change?
“Is it possible for any useful thing to be accomplished without change?”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about being the possessor of divinity?
“Take me and cast me where you will; I shall still be possessor of the divinity within me, serene and content.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about good qualities to keep?
“Keep yourself simple, good, pure, serious, and unassuming; the friend of justice and godliness; kindly, affectionate, and resolute in your devotion to duty.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about seeking truth?
“I seek the truth… it is only persistence in self-delusion and ignorance that does harm”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about things that are difficult?
“Because a thing is difficult for you, do not therefore suppose it beyond mortal power. On the contrary, if anything is possible and proper for a man to do, assume that it must fall within your own capacity.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the bond that unites us all?
“Think often of the bond that unites all things in the universe, and their dependence on one another.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about service?
“Let your one delight and refreshment be to pass from one service to the community to another, with God ever in mind.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about doing it right?
“Nothing is worth doing pointlessly.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about fleeing from wickedness?
“How ridiculous not to flee from one’s own wickedness, which is possible, yet endeavor to flee from another’s which is not.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about duty?
“Everything – a horse, a vine – is created for some duty… For what task, then, were you yourself created? A man’s true delight is to do the things he was made for.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the equanimity game?
“When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the river of time?
“Time is a river, the resistless flow of all created things. One thing no sooner comes in sight than it is hurried past and another is borne along, only to be swept away in its turn.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about coming into existence?
“Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about all things?
“Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence, sweep past us and are carried away.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about life itself?
“The whole universe is change, and life itself is but what you deem it.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the opinions of others?
“The approval of such men, who do not even stand well in their own eyes, has no value for him.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about the qualities within our power?
“Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity; industriousness, and sobriety. Avoid grumbling, be frugal, considerate, and frank; be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about anger?
“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about what can be taken from a man?
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing; the last of the human freedoms - to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about your power?
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
What does Marcus Aurelius say about things that happen?
“O world, I am in tune with every note of thy great harmony. For me nothing is early, nothing late, if it be timely for thee. O Nature, all that thy seasons yield is fruit for me.”
What does Rumi say about irritation?
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished?”
What does Rumi say about security?
“You can believe so much in you and your internal strength that things or others will be seen as mere pleasant but superfluous adjuncts to your life”
What does Rumi say about self-control?
“Let’s ask God to help us to self-control for one who lacks it, lacks his grace.”
What does Rumi say about God?
“He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, ‘Live!’”
What does Rumi say about candy?
“The intelligent want self-control; children want candy.”
What does Rumi say about growth?
"No mirror ever became iron again; No bread ever became wheat; No ripened grape ever became sour fruit. Mature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse. Become the light.”
What does Rumi say about patience?
“Patience is the key to joy.”
What does Rumi say about boiling scum?
“This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away”
What does Rumi say about challenges?
“It is God’s kindness to terrify you in order to lead you to safety.”
What does Rumi say about burdens?
“Burdens are the foundations of ease and bitter things the forerunners of pleasure”
What does Rumi say about envy?
“On the way there is no harder pass than this: fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion”
What does Rumi say about the defect of envy?
“Indeed envy is a defect; worse than any other.”
What does Rumi say about perfection?
“There is no worse sickness for the soul, o you who are proud, than this pretense of perfection”
What does Rumi say about burning?
“I am burning. If anyone lacks tinder, let him set his rubbish ablaze with my fire.”
What does Rumi say about lodging in if?
“One cannot lodge in ‘if.’”
What does Rumi say about the sword of reality?
“The sword of reality is the saint’s protection.”
What does Rumi say about two wings to fly?
“God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.”
What does Rumi say about conventional opinion?
“Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls.”
What does Rumi say about sparing effort?
“Travelers, it is late. Life’s sun is going to set. During these brief days that you have strength, be quick and spare no effort of your wings.”
What does Rumi say about stepping into the fire?
“If your knowledge of fire has been turned to certainty by words alone, then seek to be cooked by the fire itself. Don’t abide in borrowed certainty. There is no real certainty until you burn; if you wish for this, sit down in the fire.””
What does Rumi say about today?
“My friend, the sufi is the friend of the present moment. To say ‘tomorrow’ is not our way.”
What does Rumi say about the lion?
“The lion who breaks the enemy’s ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself”
What does Rumi say about walking alone?
“Stay with friends who support you in these. Talk with them about the sacred texts, and how you are doing, and how they are doing, and keep your practices together.”
What does Martin Seligman say about the central skill of optimism?
“Learned optimism is not a rediscovery of the ‘power of positive thinking.’ Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.”
What does Martin Seligman say about learned helplessness?
“Learned helplessness is the giving up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter. Explanatory style is the manner in which you habitually explain to yourself why events happen. It is the great modulator of learned helplessness. An optimistic explanatory style stops helplessness, whereas a pessimistic explanatory style spreads helplessness.”
What does Martin Seligman say about the dimensions to your explanatory style?
“There are three crucial dimensions to your explanatory style: permanence, pervasiveness, and personalization.”Permanence: Is it likely to continue? It is permanent or temporary?Pervasiveness: Is it reflective of your whole life? Is it “universal” or is it “specific”?Personalization: Internal or external?
What does Martin Seligman say about success?
“Success requires persistence, the ability to not give up in the face of failure. I believe that optimistic explanatory style is the key to persistence.”
What does Martin Seligman say about life?
“Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.”
What does Martin Seligman say about learned optimism?
“Unlike dieting, learned optimism is easy to maintain once you start. Once you get into the habit of disputing negative beliefs, your daily life will run much better, and you will feel much happier.”
What does Martin Seligman say about committing to something bigger than yourself?
“The life committed to nothing larger than itself is a meager life indeed. Human beings require a context of meaning and of hope.”
What does Martin Seligman say about habits of thinking?
“Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way theythink.”
What does Martin Seligman say about pessimists?
“Pessimists can in fact learn to be optimists, and not through the mindless devices like whistling a happy tune of mouthing platitudes (‘Every day, in every way, I’m getting better and better’), but by learning a new set of cognitive skills.”
What does Martin Seligman say about universal explanations?
“People who make permanent and universal explanations for their troubles tend to collapse under pressure, both for a long time and across situations.”
What does Martin Seligman say about cognitive therapy?
“On a mechanical level, cognitive therapy works because it changes explanatory style from pessimistic to optimistic, and the change is permanent. It gives you a set of cognitive skills for talking to yourself when you fail.”
What does Martin Seligman say about automatic interpretations?
“Practice disputing your automatic interpretations all the time from now on.”
What does Martin Seligman say about choosing people for success?
“The explanatory-style theory of success says that in order to choose people for success in a challenging job, you need to select for three characteristics:
aptitude
motivation
optimism”
What does Martin Seligman say about optimism and recruiting?
“Optimism tells you who to select and recruit. If two prospects are close in raw talent, recruit the optimist. He’ll do better in the long run.”
What does Confucius say about those who approve?
“For those who approve but do not carry out, who are stirred, but do not change, I can do nothing at all.”
What does Confucius say about evil in your thoughts?
“The Master said, If out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say ‘Let there be no evil in your thoughts.’”
What does Confucius say about the door?
“The Master said, Who expects to be able to go out of a house except by the door? How is it then that no one follows this Way of ours?”
What does Confucius say about reanimating the old?
“He who by reanimating the Old can gain knowledge of the New is fit to be a teacher.”
What does Confucius say about recognizing merits?
“The Master said, (the good man) does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is lest he should fail to recognize theirs.”
What does Confucius say about discovering what is right?
“The Master said, A gentleman takes as much trouble to discover what is right as lesser men take to discover what will pay.”
What does Confucius say about rising above?
“The Master said, To men who have risen at all above the middling sort, one may talk of things higher yet. But to men who are at all below the middling sort it is useless to talk of things that are above them.”
What does Confucius say about learning?
“Learn as if you were following someone whom you could not catch up, as though it were someone you were frightened of losing.”
What does Confucius say about eagerness?
“The Master said, Only one who bursts with eagerness do I instruct; only one who bubbles with excitement, do I enlighten. If I hold up one corner and a man cannot come back to me with the other three, I do not continue the lesson.”
What does Confucius say about fifty years?
“The Master said, Give me a few more years, so that I may have spent a whole fifty in study, and I believe that after all I should be fairly free from error.”
What does Confucius say about goodness?
“Is goodness indeed so far away? If we really wanted Goodness, we should find that it was at our very side.”
What does Confucius say about the time it takes to learn?
“The Master said, At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with a docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right.”
What does Confucius say about learning without reward?
“One who will study for three years without thought of reward would be hard indeed to find”
What does Confucius say about making progress?
“As in the case of making a mound, if, before the very last basketful, I stop, then I shall have stopped. As in the case of leveling the ground, if, though tipping only one basketful, I am going forward, then I shall be making progress”
What does Confucius say about preaching?
“He does not preach what he practises till he has practised what he preaches.”
What does Confucius say about recognition?
“He does not mind being in office; all he minds about is whether he has qualities that entitle him to office. He does not mind failing to get recognition; he is too busy doing the things that entitle him to recognition”
What does Confucius say about learning?
“In the presence of a good man, think all the time how you may learn to equal him. In the presence of a bad man, turn your gaze within!”“Even when walking in a party of no more than three I can always be certain of learning from those I am with. There will be good qualities that I can select for imitation and bad ones that will teach me what requires correction in myself.”
What does Confucius say about faults?
“In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself.”
What does Confucius say about your commanding officer?
“The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose.”
What does Confucius say about the way of the master?
“There is one single thread binding my way together… the way of the Master consists in doing one’s best… that is all.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about dharma?
“It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about duties?
“It is better to perform one’s own duties imperfectly than to master the duties of another. By fulfilling the obligations he is born with, a person never comes to grief. No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about seeing truly?
“He alone sees truly who sees the Lord the same in every creature… seeing the same Lord everywhere, he does not harm himself or others.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about the power of our will?
“Reshape yourself through the power of your will. Those who have conquered themselves live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame. To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same. Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about the awakened sages?
“The awakened sages call a person wise when all his undertakings are free from anxiety about results.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about failure?
“On his path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about the qualities we should exhibit?
“Be fearless and pure; never waver in your determination or your dedication to the spiritual life. Give freely. Be self-controlled, sincere, truthful, loving, and full of the desire to serve… Learn to be detached and to take joy in renunciation. Do not get angry or harm any living creature, but be compassionate and gentle; show good will to all. Cultivate vigor, patience, will, purity; avoid malice and pride. Then, you will achieve your destiny.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about attaining perfection?
“By devotion to one’s own particular duty, everyone can attain perfection.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about the disciplines of the mind?
“Calmness, gentleness, silence, self-restraint, and purity: these are the disciplines of the mind.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about giving?
“Giving simply because it is right to give, without thought of return, at a proper time, in proper circumstances, and to a worthy person, is sattvic giving.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about the qualities we should not exhibit?
“The demonic do things they should avoid and avoid the things they should do… Hypocritical, proud, and arrogant, living in delusion and clinging to their deluded ideas, insatiable in their desires, they pursue unclean ends… Bound on all sides by scheming and anxiety, driven by anger and greed, they amass by any means they can a hoard of money for the satisfaction of their cravings… Self-important, obstinate, swept away by the pride of wealth, they ostentatiously perform sacrifices without any regard for their purpose. Egotistical, violent, arrogant, lustful, angry, envious of everyone, they abuse my presence within their own bodies and in the bodies of others.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about results and non-attachment?
“Abandon all attachments to the results of action and attain supreme peace.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about temperance?
“Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about meditation?
“When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering, like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about working for your own profit?
“The ignorant work for their own profit… the wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves… Perform all work carefully, guided by compassion.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about your thoughts?
“Strive to still your thoughts. Make your mind one-pointed in meditation.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about faith?
“When a person is devoted to something with complete faith, I unify his faith in that. Then, when his faith is completely unified, he gains the object of his devotion.”
What does the Bhagavad Gita say about selfless service?
“Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about enthusiasm?
“Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”“Every great and commanding movement in the annals of the world is due to the triumph of enthusiasm.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about trust?
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events. Great men have always done so, and confided themselves childlike to the genius of their age, betraying their perception that the absolutely trustworthy was seated at their heart, working through their hands, predominating in all their being. And we are now men, and must accept in the highest mind the same transcendent destiny; and not minors and invalids in a protected corner, not cowards fleeing before a revolution, but guides, redeemers, and benefactors, obeying the Almighty effort, and advancing on Chaos and the Dark.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about a foolish consistency?
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall…”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about being understood?
“Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today. – ‘Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.’—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.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about living truly?
“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.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about unique faculties?
“Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other, and thus makes him necessary to society.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about being Godlike?
“And truly it demands something godlike in him who cast off the common motives of humanity and ventured to trust himself for a taskmaster”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about leading?
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about cowards and God?
“God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about fear?
“Always, always, always, always, always do what you are afraid to do.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about thoughts?
“Good thoughts are no better than good dreams, unless they be executed!”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about good luck?
“Good luck is another name for tenacity of purpose.”“There is only one way in which you can ‘change your luck’ and that is by altering your thoughts.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about beautiful compensations?
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.”
What does Ralph Waldo Emerson say about reaping a destiny?
“Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.”
