The never-ending task of self improvement.
More Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works are done as an apology or extenuation of their living in the world as invalids pay a high board. Their virtues are penances. I do not wish to expiate, but to live my life is for itself, and not for spectacle. I much prefer that it should be of a lower strain, so it be genuine and equal, than that it should be glittering and unsteady. I wish it to be sound and sweet, and not to need diet and bleeding. I ask for primary evidence that you are a man, and refuse this appeal from a man to his actions.Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There never was a child so lovely but his mother wasn't glad to get him asleep.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Go where he will, the wise man is at home.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is the path of the creator to his work.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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