Quotation

Why not add this to your book or post it to your site/blog?

  ...presentiment, to his wonder he finds this is the most acceptable, most public and universally true. The people delight in it; the better part of every man feels--This is my music; this is myself.
In self-trust all the virtues are comprehended. Free should the scholar be,--free and brave. Free even to the definition of freedom, "without any hindrance that does not arise out of his own constitution." Brave; for fear is a thing which a scholar by his very function puts behind him.
Fear always springs from ignorance. It is a shame to him if his tranquility, amid dangerous times, arise from the presumption that like children and women his is a protected class; or if he seek a temporary peace by the diversion of his thoughts from politics or vexed questions, hiding his head like an ostrich in the flowering bushes, peeping into microscopes, and turning rhymes, as a boy whistles to keep his courage up. So is the danger a danger still; so is the fear worse. Manlike let him turn and face it. Let him...   Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Excerpt from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson · This quote is filed under Fear · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation · Tell us if you know any facts or errors in this quote · Make a shirt with this quote on our USA or UK shop · Help your friends discover QB

A little bit about Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version.

Search the web for Emerson, Ralph Waldo

More on the Author

These people bookmarked this quote:

Search the web for Emerson, Ralph Waldo

More on the author

This quote around the web

Loading...

Powered by Google Blogs

Search the web for Emerson, Ralph Waldo

More on this author

Share this quote

AddThis Social Bookmark Button

Post this quote to your social network or blog