The world is his who can see through its pretension.
Interpretation
Those who can see beyond superficiality hold the true power in the world.
This quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that the ability to perceive the underlying truths behind societal facades is what truly empowers a person. It emphasizes the importance of discernment and insight in navigating the complexities of life and understanding the genuine nature of people and situations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about the importance of critical thinking.
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 think I'll just go down and have some pudding and wait for it all to turn up - it always does in the end.
It's up to you how you waste your time and money. I'm staying here to read: life's too short.
True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective.
An egg today is better than a hen to-morrow.
Things you like to do should be a hobby of yours, but things the world does should be a business of yours.
Give yourself more opportunities for privacy, when you are not bombarded with duties and obligations. Privacy is not a rejection of those you love; it is your deserved respite for recharging your batteries.
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