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Quotation from Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays) by Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays), II. Self-Reliance (Project Gutenberg #2944)
The essay's watchword, followed at once by the counsel to accept the place divine providence has found for you.
Citation: "Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string." — Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series (Self-Reliance and Other Essays), II. Self-Reliance (Project Gutenberg #2944). (id emerson-essays-q2)
Virtues: Fortitude
Portrait: Ralph Waldo Emerson by Josiah Johnson Hawes 1857, Josiah Johnson Hawes, Public domain.
