Experience (Primary source)
This essay delves into the complexities of human experience, acknowledging its limitations and uncertainties while still affirming the value of seeking truth and meaning.
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The law of nature is, do the thing, and you shall have the power: but they who do not the thing have not the power.”
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“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“The most important thing in any relationship is not what you get but what you give.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Primary source“The thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
— Ayn Rand Primary source“Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source