“It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.”
May 3, 1845
1820s, Journals (1822–1863)
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Ralph Waldo Emerson 727
American philosopher, essayist, and poet 1803–1882Related quotes

“Who does not in some sort live to others, does not live much to himself.”
Book III, Ch. 10
Attributed

“Everybody exists. It is only the few who live. To live, you should have an ideal.”
Quotations from Gurudev’s teachings, Chinmya Mission Chicago

“I normally live in Los Angeles, if you can call it normal living.”
From the TV documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey (2003); also quoted in "Return of the lone stranger" by Mark Simpson in Guardian Unlimited (31 May 2003)
In interviews etc., About himself and his work

“… others have called it as darkpop or something similar, and I can live with that.”
Iconcrash: Interview with Jaani Peuhu, 2007-04-06, 2008-02-12 http://www.eurobands.us/2007/04/06/iconcrash-506/,