“Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most requests is conformity; self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs. Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson 3 years ago
