Nothing terribly transcendental about this:
There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.
Another of his classics that's fun to recite when one is feeling a bit . . . scattered, or when the kids are complaining about a change of plans:
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds...
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So true. Love me some Emerson.
The biggest consistency in my children's lives is breakfast. My 3 yr old, like her mother, only likes to eat the same thing. For her, waffles, for me a Luna Bar and banana. Every. Morning.
I have a Roman Catholic friend who describes himself as an Emersonian-Catholic. What an oxymoron! I've never been able to figure him out.
I believe Emerson's "foolish consistency" statement was meant as an indictment of those who believe in moral absolutes. In other words, he is saying that at a higher level of consciousness one realizes that he does not have to think consistently from one day to the next. I would interpret this quote as an endorsement of moral relativism and situation ethics.
I would agree with the first quote - there is nothing as beautiful as a sleeping baby!
Erich: Yes, of course the end of the "foolish consistency" sentence is, "adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." But I really like the endless applications of the first part, and quote it unapologetically for my own purposes :)
I enjoy consecrating for holy use the words of crackpots, too. They have a knack with language, those crackpots. :D
Ha! I love it. Yes, the words have many and varied applications...
I'm gonna have to use that first one as a quote on my Loopers signature, it quite sums up my life around here.
Sometimes a quote is just quote. I like quotes.
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