The one thing in the world, of value, is the active soul
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes that the most valuable asset one can possess is a passionate and engaged spirit.
Ralph Waldo Emerson suggests that the essence of a person's worth is not found in material possessions, status, or superficial accomplishments, but rather in the vibrancy and activity of their soul. An 'active soul' signifies a person who is engaged, aware, and passionately pursues their interests and values, contributing positively to themselves and the world around them.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.
Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values.
Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.
You will be at your best forever, Even now you have good moments. Occasional glimpses of your heavenly self. When you change your baby's diaper, forgive your boss's temper, tolerate your spouse's moodiness, you display traces of saintliness.
When you stop admiring yourself _x000D_ and let the eyes of the heart _x000D_ open your vision to vast other worlds _x000D_ then all you do, will become admirable
If it is to your advantage, make a forward move; if not, stay where you are.
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