April 23, 2010

Progress: Getting To There


"Good men must not obey the laws too well."

Ralph Waldo Emerson



Interesting suggestion.


If we never walk off the path, how will we ever get to what could be?


2 comments :

  1. "The More Laws, the less Justice"
    - Marcus Tullius Cicero

    Maybe Emerson was on to something... but then again, Cicero also said:

    "He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason"


    So maybe Emerson was asking for all of us to engage in a careful examination of the way we choose to live our lives and the rules we impose on ourselves...

    I think these are important words to ponder, as they remind us to keep Tyranny in check.

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  2. "So maybe Emerson was asking for all of us to engage in a careful examination of the way we choose to live our lives and the rules we impose on ourselves..."

    I agree and when it comes to business, to watch out for the tyranny of too much self-imposed caution.

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