Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows.
Interpretation
Embrace and engage with the world around you, experiencing both its joys and struggles.
In this quote, Emerson encourages individuals to actively participate in life by loving the world around them. He emphasizes the importance of engaging with both the happiness and challenges that come with being part of a community, suggesting that true fulfillment comes from connecting with others and recognizing the shared human experience.
In practice
In a motivational speech about community service, this quote can inspire action.
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Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Sweep away the clutter of things that complicate our lives.
Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.
Life isn't all fricasseed frogs and eel pie.
Jumping from boulder to boulder and never falling, with a heavy pack, is easier than it sounds; you just can't fall when you get into the rhythm of the dance.
I've lived a life that's full, I traveled each and ev'ry highway, And more, much more than this, I did it my way.
Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?
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