Ralph Waldo Emerson
thinker · Concord, Massachusetts, USA · 1803–1882
A thinker who gave up the ministry and wrote and lectured from Concord. He told people to trust the voice within them, not the thoughts of others.
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1841
To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men,--that is genius.
"Self-Reliance," in Essays: First Series
1841
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.
"Self-Reliance," in Essays: First Series
1841
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
"Self-Reliance," in Essays: First Series
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