"As long as our people quote English..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
As long as our people quote English standards they dwarf their own proportions.
More by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Every mind has a new compass, a new direction of its own, differencing its genius and aim from every other mind.--We call this specialty the bias of each individual. And none of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.”
“The moral equalizes all; enriches, empowers all. It is the coin which buys all, and which all find in their pocket. Under the whipof the driver, the slave shall feel his equality with saints and heroes.”
“A moody child and wildly wisePursued the game with joyful eyes,Which chose, like meteors, their way,And rived the dark with private ray.”
More on Identity
“People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now.”
“I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist that I used to be.”
“I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.”
More on Self Worth
“You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.”
“What is the seal of liberation? Not to be ashamed in front of oneself.”
“Tell me how I stay positiveWhen they never see good in me”