Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self-Reliance, Essays, First Series
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
Reflection
The 'iron string' is the quiet conviction underneath the noise of other people's opinions. What would you attempt this week if you trusted your own reading of the situation?
Source record
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Original source
- Self-Reliance, Essays, First Series
- Original date
- 1841
- Edition used
- Original English, 1841 — public domain
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