from “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson (via abirdfriend) (via sine-qua-non) (via quote-book) (via innertracklist)
“ Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood. ”
from “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson (via abirdfriend) (via sine-qua-non) (via quote-book) (via innertracklist)
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“self-reliance”...ralph waldo emerson
“Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and...