On roses

by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance (1841) Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright He dares not say ‘I think,’ ‘I am,’ but quotes some saint or sage. He is ashamed before the blade of grass or the blowing rose. These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to […]

from Paulo Coelho http://ift.tt/2oNfe0p