TRANSCENDENTALISM Importance of Nature Nonconformity "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away." ~Henry David Thoreau "If one goes confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." ~Henry David Thoreau "Are you able to accept blows without retaliating? Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?" ~Martin Luther King, Jr. I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom, for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue, and clouds of white The bright blessed day, dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces, of people going by I see friends shaking hands, sayin', "How do you do?" They're really sayin', "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more, than I'll ever know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself What a wonderful world Oh yeah You think you own whatever land you land on The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name ... Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth Come roll in all the riches all around you And for once, never wonder what they're worth The rainstorm and the river are my brothers The heron and the otter are my friends And we are all connected to each other In a circle, in a hoop that never ends How high will the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon ... You can own the Earth and still All you'll own is Earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." ~Henry David Thoreau "Today a reader, tomorrow a leader." ~Margaret Fuller "Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations." ~Henry David Thoreau 'Colors of the Wind' Lyrics CONFIDENCE :) Civil Disobendience Importance of Books and Knowledge "If... the machine of government... is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law." ~Henry David Thoreau "Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Things do not change; we change. Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts." ~Henry David Thoreau Anti-Materialism "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Free Thought “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Self Reliance THE END By Mikaela I don't need a lucky pencil. I don't need a lucky pencil. I don't need a lucky pencil. I don't need a lucky pencil. I don't need a luck. I can do it myself. I don't need a luck. I can do it myself. 'Lucky Pencil' Lyrics from Arthur 'What a Wonderful World' Lyrics And mind me with each step I am more certain Everything will turn out fine I have confidence the world can all be mine They'll have to agree I have confidence in me I have confidence in sunshine I have confidence in rain I have confidence that spring will come again Besides which you see I have confidence in me Strength doesn't lie in numbers Strength doesn't lie in wealth Strength lies in nights of peaceful slumbers When you wake up -- Wake Up! It tells me all I trust I lead my heart to All I trust becomes my own I have confidence in confidence alone I have confidence in confidence alone Besides which you see I have confidence in me! "I Have Confidence" Lyrics From 'The Sound of Music'