Quote of the month

“A cultivated man becomes ashamed of his property, out of new respect for his nature. Especially he hates what he has if he see that it is accidental – came to him by inheritance or gift or crime, that he feels that it is not having; it does not belong to him, has no root in him and merely lies there because no revolution or no robber takes it away. But that which a man is, does always by necessity acquire, and what the man acquires, is living property, which does not wait the beck of rulers, or mobs, or revolutions, or fires, or storm, or bankruptcies, but perpetually renews itself wherever the man breathes”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-reliance

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5 Comments » | Posted Tuesday, April 12th, 2011 at 2:10 pm in quote of the x, x of the y

5 thoughts on “Quote of the month”

Sean Crawford - April 12, 2011 at 6:05 pm #

Wow. You could spend a whole glass of beer, and more, conversing around that topic. Meanwhile, speaking of being at the beck of mobs and possessions, I see the indie movie Atlas Shrugged is coming out in three days.

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Hélio Campos Ferreira - April 13, 2011 at 6:03 am #

Obrigado pelas observações.
pela mudança e por nossa renovação.

Deus olhe por todos nós.

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Peter Armaly - April 13, 2011 at 8:03 am #

Thanks goodness Twitter wasn’t around in the old days. Where would quotes like this have lived? Good one, Scott. Thought-provoking quotes are always appreciated, especially when they’re more than 140 characters.

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Cassle - April 29, 2011 at 8:09 am #

Good catch! It’s really provoking my mind though.. And I think I’m also very agree with Peter Armaly!

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Sean Crawford - April 12, 2011 at 6:05 pm #
Wow. You could spend a whole glass of beer, and more, conversing around that topic. Meanwhile, speaking of being at the beck of mobs and possessions, I see the indie movie Atlas Shrugged is coming out in three days.
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Hélio Campos Ferreira - April 13, 2011 at 6:03 am #
Obrigado pelas observações.
pela mudança e por nossa renovação.

Deus olhe por todos nós.
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Peter Armaly - April 13, 2011 at 8:03 am #
Thanks goodness Twitter wasn’t around in the old days. Where would quotes like this have lived? Good one, Scott. Thought-provoking quotes are always appreciated, especially when they’re more than 140 characters.
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