4 Quotations on Self Reliance and Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self Reliance
1) "We but half express ourselves, and are ashamed of that divine idea which each of us represents." I think this quote is saying that we are ashamed of what each of us stands for, or what we think and what our beleifs are and that we are just embarrased of ourselves.
2) "Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong what is against it." I think this means that the only right thing is what you beleive in and what you stand up for and the only wrong is someone that disagrees with YOUR OWN opinion.
3) "For noncomformity the world whips you with displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate a sour face." This to me is very important cause its really saying to get out of your comfort zone(to me). And for someone to be able to tell when your not happy with it will be able to help you.
4) "With consitency a great soul simply has nothing to do." This is saying that if you keep on repeating the same routine or keep doing the same thing everyday over and over again, then much time has gone to waste. Life gives us plenty of time to try something new or uncomfortable to ourselves.

Nature
1) "To go into solitude, a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society." This says that to be alone all the time and unhappy, you mustve or must give up everything you like as much as what you give up from society which is space.
2) "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men beleive and adore; and preserve for many generations the rememberance of the city of God which had shown!" I think this quote i saying that stars heal all emotion or problems. Stars are so beatiful that it can even make your day and without them we would be miserable.
3) "Nature never wears a mean appearance." This is saying that nature never trys to put you down and will never put you down cause its ment for beauty and happiness.
4) "The sun eluminates only the eye of a man, but shines into the eye and heart of a child." I think this is very important cause it is saying the sun is so beautiful and powerful that it can take away a eye of a strong man but also create another being.