Self Reliance: Think & Grow Rich Master Mind Book Club Series (Volume 6)

One of the 10 most read essays ever. This special edition has a Forward written by author Steven Charles Monahan,plus the Essay and a section of Notable Quotes. "Self-Reliance" is a powerful, thought provoking essay written by the famous American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, which is the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is especially relevant to today’s times. Self-Reliance is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."