A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Interpretation
Healthy anger can inspire us to harness our full potential.
Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that feeling a righteous indignation can be a powerful motivator for individuals. When we encounter injustice or wrongdoings, this intense emotional response can awaken our inner strengths and capabilities, driving us to action and encouraging us to stand up for what we believe in.
In practice
In a speech about social justice, one might say, 'As Ralph Waldo Emerson noted, a good indignation brings out all one's powers to advocate for change.'
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Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
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Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.
We are not here to curse the darkness, but to light the candle that can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future.
You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water.
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