Status Updates From Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays ...

"Patience and patience, we shall win at the last. We must be very suspicious of the deceptions of the element of time. It takes a good deal of time to eat or to sleep, or to earn a hundred dollars, and a very little time to entertain a hope and an insight which becomes the light of our life." (p. 492).

wow, these essays are so dense and insightful i feel like i could spend years dissecting each one word by word. this is literature to read with reverence. savor each sentence and reread until you fully understand (or begin to). the hard part is then applying the principles of virtue Emerson talks about to your own life. i keep asking myself, how can I uphold these virtues? what does that look and feel like for me?

"He must embrace solitude as a bride. He must have his glees and glooms alone. His own estimate must be measure enough, his own praise reward enough for him" (p. 104).