On Self-Reliance Part 4

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds". It's better to challenge yourself with things that you know are going to be difficult than always doing the same things that won't challenge you and make you learn different and interesting things. It's also better if you're great and misunderstood because other people might learn from that and it could also make you unique and be resected by other people. We pass for what we are because we always think little of ourselves and don't try out best because we think people are going to judge us or we won't do it as good as we think we are.

On Self-Reliance Part 3

It's better to be a good person and not having people notice for it than making people think you're a good person and having people notice it when in reality you aren't. For nonconformity the world whips you with it's displeasure.

On Self-Reliance Part 2

It's better to try and give it your best than not try at all. the author of this essay is recasting us as heroes and influencers to other people even if we don't see or believe that we are. It's perfectly natural to think some things are better than other things . Society say to be our best selves, but at the same time society judges when we are our best selves.

First Impression "On Self Reliance"

What caught my eye when reading "On Self Reliance" was the first paragraph. "Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and perfect man", This quote really caught my eye because it talks about how you are who you are because of what you do and don't let people tell you what to do.