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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world.
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Feb 15, 2009 · Nothing, nothing at all, is holy, venerable, worthy of worship; nothing is an appropriate object of reverence. (One cannot appropriately revere one's spouse, 'worship the ground she walks on,' etc.)
Aug 26, 2016 · Aug 26, 2016. It is a call to be an Individualist and not a Conformer. It asks that we be Self-Sufficient and not Co-Dependent. Explanation: Sometimes quotes are fairly self-explanatory on their own. Sometimes they need a bit of background. This is one in that second category.
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3 days ago · Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love.
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of our own mind. . . . I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions. Every decent and well-spoken individual affects and sways me more than is right.
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Sep 26, 2014 · “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.” Emerson’s ideal of self-reliance is a celebration of the individual par excellence.