“Grief too will make us idealists.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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.
“The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it.”
— 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“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“He that can have patience can have what he will.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt Disputed“Approve not of him that commends all you say.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source