Trust thyself
Emerson and Thoreau in seven passages: the foolish consistency of little minds, imitation as suicide, and the different drummer some of us hear.
Day 1
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays — First Series
Day 2
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays — First Series
Day 3
“Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
Day 4
“Envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays — First Series
Day 5
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays — First Series
Day 6
“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears.”
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Day 7
“Simplify, simplify.”
— Henry David Thoreau, Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience