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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“I would study, I would know, I would admire forever.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source“He that never eats too much, will never be lazy.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Learning never exhausts the mind.”
— Leonardo da Vinci Disputed“Insist on yourself; never imitate.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson Primary source