Jacob

“What is it we heartily wish of each other? Is it to be pleased and flattered? No, but to be convicted and exposed, to be shamed out of our nonsense of all kinds, and made men of, instead of ghosts and phantoms. We are weary of gliding ghostlike through the world, which is itself so slight and unreal. We crave a sense of reality, though it comes in strokes of pain.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Beware of anyone who calls you bad names merely for asking honest questions.”
― Jim Goad

“A man oughta do what he thinks is best.”
― John Wayne

“Independence is for the very few; it is a privilege of the strong. And whoever attempts it even with the best right but without inner constraint proves that he is probably not only strong, but also daring to the point of recklessness.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Basic Writings of Nietzsche