On Self- Reliance Part III

• “Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.”
• Don’t act like you are good if you aren’t good
• When something is good, call it good.
• He’s not against charity, he does it without care.
• Emerson has a deep belief that people are good.
• Virtue : behavior showing high moral standards; honesty, integrity, generosity.
• “For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure.” 
• Emerson says the negative reactions aren’t about us, it’s about how their idea has been going, so certain things can bring someone’s day down and make it 100x worse than before. 
• People of certain eduction or temperament, when they disagree they’ll attack you.
• The game is bigger than the player.