A Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson on lies

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson : American transcendentalist philosopher, essayist & lecturer
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Source: Albert W. Daw Collection
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islefaye : still draggin the line :)
11 months later
islefaye said

One of my most favorite quotes.   Makes you remember that the past and the future are not nearly as important as the here and now and the potential that exists in all of us at any given moment.

Whitewave : Into the Shadow...
about 1 year later
Whitewave said

It also speaks of space as well as time. 

What is behind would be those things we're trying to escape, what is before would be those things we desire.  Neither are as important as what we are here and now.  And when looked at with the Infinite perspective, we already are both of those things, so there is nothing else but what lies within us. 

canuseeme : Seeker of grace and truth
over 2 years later
canuseeme said

I think that the pwer of this quote is that it places the person at center.