individualism – kevinwarstadt.com

Quote of the day 01/14/26

From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.”

From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”

From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”

From Ralph Waldo Emerson: “Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”

From Richard Rorty: “There is nothing deep down inside us except what we have put there ourselves.”

From Chrysippus: “If I had followed the multitude, I should not have studied philosophy.”

From Chrysippus: “I myself think that the wise man meddles little or not at all in affairs and does his own things.”

From John Donne: “Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”

From William Wordsworth: “In ourselves our safety must be sought.By our own right hand it must be wrought.”

From Friedrich Nietzsche: “You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame;how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”