Years ago, I read Emerson's most famous essay titled "Self Reliance". It instantly changed my views.
I particularly remember his two points:
First point
1) An ordinary man sees open land and and barren land. An intelligent man sees buildings which are yet to come up on this land and farms which are yet to be ploughed on barren land.
Second Point
2) Look at the great man of all times. They said nothing new which was not already in your heart. But you had no courage to speak what is in your heart. But they had courage to speak what was in their heart. That made them great men.
-Haresh Raichura
6/10/14
