If the single man plant himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abide, the huge world will come round to him.
Interpretation
Trusting and following your instincts can lead to significant opportunities and acceptance from the world around you.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote emphasizes the importance of being true to oneself and embracing one's instincts. When a person is steadfast in their beliefs and values, they can attract the world to their perspective, suggesting that authenticity and confidence can lead to positive recognition and acceptance from others.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire individuals to pursue their dreams.
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?
A clever general... avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to return. This is the art of studying moods. Disciplined and calm, he awaits the appearance of disorder and hubbub among the enemy. This is the art of retaining self-possession.
Highly proactive people don't blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it.
You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
Look well into thyself; there is a source of strength which will always spring up if thou wilt always look.
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