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Self Reliance (Translated)

Submitted by mdandc on February 25, 2006

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Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
As written by … http://www.youmeworks.com/self_reliance_translated.html
(Translated)

THE OTHER DAY, I read some original statements written by a famous painter. Whenever I read something truly original, I get a feeling. That feeling is far more valuable than the statements themselves. The feeling fills me with recognition of a profound truth: That genius is simply to \"believe your own thought.\" \"To believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all [people].\"
Speak what is true for you, and it will almost always resonate in others.
The voice in your own mind is so familiar to you that you give it no respect. Instead, you give too much weight to the thought of others — your neighbors, your teachers, or some great thinker from the past. But what makes great thinkers great is that they didn\'t disregard their own thought. They expressed what they truly thought; they listened to their own voice.
You must learn to detect the light that shines from within and pay it more respect than the blinding illumination of the great minds of all history. When you look at wonderful works of art, let it teach you this.
Let the flashes of genius that hit your mind urge you to stick with your own \"spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility\" — especially when everyone seems to think otherwise. Speak out what your own perception, your own impression tells you is true and speak with boldness and trust.
As Emerson wrote, \"envy is ignorance; imitation is suicide.\" You have something unique, original, and great to express. Try to imitate someone else and you kill off that originality which is you. Envy is a lack of appreciation of your own special gifts.
Nobody knows what your special gifts are, and you won\'t know until you try to express them. Follow your own interest. It will lead you where you need to go.
You are an expression of...

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