“Good criticism is very rare, and always precious.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Culture (Primary source)
In Culture, Emerson argues that true education involves the harmonious development of all human faculties—intellectual, moral, and aesthetic. It’s about cultivating the whole individual to achieve self-mastery and live a rich, authentic life, rather than merely accumulating facts.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— 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.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”
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“Every day above earth is a good day.”
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— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Pardoning the bad, is injuring the good.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
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