Ralph Waldo Emerson | Red Scare Canon

"(Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson is probably your only hope.)"

All boats (institutions/categories of identity) are sinking, every single one of them, so you should probably learn how · u/byron-the-bulb- · ↑46 · 2025-09-15

"I go to meetup groups and shit and find I have literally almost nothing in common with anyone there. Nobody has done anything cool for years and has never heard of Emerson or Yeats or whatever."

Go on adventures, read cool books they said · u/AlaskaExplorationGeo · ↑44 · 2024-04-08

"Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted."

I've been collecting quotes over the years and thought I would share some of my favorites with you all, would love to re · u/[deleted] · ↑87 · 2021-09-30

"Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson is probably your only hope."

All boats (institutions/categories of identity) are sinking, every single one of them, so you should probably learn how · u/byron-the-bulb- · ↑46 · 2025-09-15

"Nobody has done anything cool for years and has never heard of Emerson or Yeats or whatever"

Go on adventures, read cool books they said · u/AlaskaExplorationGeo · ↑44 · 2024-04-08