Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.


Representative men. English traits. Conduct of life (ed. 1872)


Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; ...

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; ...

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; ...

Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; ...