Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
Interpretation
The quote highlights Jesus Christ's profound understanding of the human soul and his unique appreciation for humanity's greatness.
Ralph Waldo Emerson reflects on Jesus Christ as a true prophet who possessed a deep insight into the mysteries of the soul. He suggests that Jesus not only recognized the inherent beauty and harmony of the soul but also lived fully within this understanding, setting him apart in history for his extraordinary recognition of the greatness of mankind.
In practice
This quote could be used in a sermon to illustrate the divine insight of Jesus.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
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?
The truth is I am inventing the maybe. I can only make the choices I make, so why torture myself with what I might have done, when all I can handle is what I have done? The Maybe Islands are hostile to human life.
No one can occupy your generosity except you. Who can occupy your patience when impatience roars through you? Who except you can choose not to act with judgment when all of your thoughts are judgmental? Your life is yours to live, no matter how you choose to live it. When you do not think about how you intend to live it, it lives you.
It's a true image, born of a false spectacle.
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
If there is a knower of tongues here, fetch him; There's a stranger in the city And he has many things to say.
My business is that of every other good citizen - to uphold the law.
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