22 January
Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 9:40AM 
"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius. … A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty. Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility… Else, to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another." Ralph Waldo Emerson
Reader Comments (11)
What nice quote, Kyrie! Here's mine:
http://charmingthebirdsfromthetrees.blogspot.com/2012/01/quotable-sunday_22.html
Long time lurker here. I just wanted to say thank you for this. It came at just the right time, and I think it's going to make quite a difference.
This quote is speaking to me. Thank you.
What a lovely and oh so true quote. Thanks for sharing!
I so look forward to your quotes...speaking right to the soul, each and every one. Thanks for this....and blessings on your new home!
Oops, I've been jiving on your quote this week and thought I had shared mine. Guess it didn't go through? www.peppermintalley.com/2012/01/22/3359/
How are you all settling into your new home?
Seriously could do quotes for everyday of the year from Ralph Waldo Emerson...so much written that is so good....thanks so much for sharing that.
Great quote!
Also just wanted to say I just knit my first Little Pip's Acorn cap - its been ages since I bought the pattern - but I loved knitting up the hat! Looks great.
Love Emerson! Here's my quote:
http://talesofamuddledmom.blogspot.com/2012/02/quotable-sunday.html
whew! great quote. :)
The answer will come to you...and today it came in the form of your post. Thank you Kyrie!