Wednesday, November 6, 2019

ON SELF-RELIANCE PART III

  • People make changes all the time 
  • People can learn and grow over time without changing their values 
  • Malice=evil intentions 
  • Vanity= looking good 
  • Don't act like you're good if you're not good 
  • If you act rude and mean in private like at home but do one good thing out of the few you can to make yourself look good then you are a bad person on the inside regardless of what you show on the outside
  • Virtues: good things about people, 
  • It is easier to be one with yourself and your thoughts rather than followthe herd dismissing your values to fit in 

I think Emerson made mny good point, I like the part where he mentions

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