Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.
Interpretation
Quoting others gives credit to the original idea and acknowledges the impact of their words.
Ralph Waldo Emerson emphasizes the importance of recognizing and attributing ideas to their original creators. When a good sentence is quoted, it not only honors the source but also enhances its value by allowing it to reach a wider audience. The act of quoting connects the past thinker to the present thinker, making the wisdom of one accessible to many.
In practice
During a presentation, you might say, 'As Ralph Waldo Emerson once noted, 'Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it,' to emphasize the value of shared ideas.
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?
Knowledge is love and light and vision.
If you're sincere, praise is effective. If you're insincere, it's manipulative.
The thing about light is that it really isnβt yours; itβs what you gather and shine back. And it gets more power from reflectiveness; if you sit still and take it in, it fills your cup, and then you can give it off yourself.
The calm man is not the man who is dull. You must not mistake Sattva for dullness or laziness. The calm man is the one who has control over the mind waves. Activity is the manifestation of inferior strength, calmness, of the superior.
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
Ponder and deliberate before you make your move. He will conquer who has learned the artifice of deviation. Such is the art of maneuvering.
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