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5 published essays
A universal soul connects all individual beings in a shared divine consciousness
Argues a universal soul connects all individual minds; in moments of insight, we tap into something larger; genius is receptivity, not creation The metaphysical foundation for every 'we are all c…
Nature is a direct expression of the divine and a path to self-understanding
Nature is a direct expression of the divine and a path to self-understanding
Nonconformity and trusting one's inner voice are essential to authentic living
SELF-RELIANCE "Ne te quæsiveris extra."[145] "Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls earl…
Personal power comes from concentration of will and alignment with natural forces
Personal power comes from concentration of will and alignment with natural forces
The scholar must be an active thinker, not a passive receiver of others' ideas
THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR. This address was delivered at Cambridge in 1837, before the Harvard Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, a college fraternity composed of the first twenty-five men in each…