People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Interpretation
Great talents are common, but those who possess balance and symmetry in their abilities are rare.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote highlights the distinction between mere talent and the harmony that comes from balancing various strengths. While many individuals may have impressive skills or gifts, it is the rare person who not only excels in specific areas but also maintains a sense of balance and overall symmetry in their capabilities and character, leading to a more holistic form of excellence.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal development.
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?
I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.
I believe in the discipline of mastering the best that other people have ever figured out. I don't believe in just sitting down and trying to dream it all up yourself. Nobody's that smart.
Insights don't usually arrive at my desk, but go into notebooks when I'm on the move. Or half-asleep.
Adhere To - Faith, Unity, Sacrifice. Avoid - Back-biting, Falsehood and Crookedness. Admire - Frankness, Honesty, and Large-heartedness. Control - Tongue, Temper, and Tossing of the mind. Cultivate - Cosmic Love, Forgiveness and Patience. Hate - Lust, Anger, and Pride.
Don't become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what about the thief in your mind?
Be honest with yourself. The world is not honest with you. The world loves hypocrisy. When you are honest with yourself you find the road to inner peace.
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