résumé 2008

Self-Reliance is an essay written by American Transcendentalist philosopher and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was first published in his 1841 collection, Essays: First Series. It contains the most solid statement of one of Emerson's repeating themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas.

Balthasar Gracian (1601-1658), Spanish-born Jesuit priest wrote Oraculo manual y arte de prudencia (1637, The Art of Worldly Wisdom), translated to English by Joseph Jacobs in 1892. It consists of 300 maxims on politics, practical tips for professionals, and prudent advice on one's personal life such as "Think with the few and speak with the many." There is no other known work that compares, an...

As A Man Thinketh ~by James Allen "They themselves are makers of themselves."