EMERSON SAID IT

1. "Nothing can bring you peace but yourself"
          -In my opinion, I feel like this quote means that we can live our lives the way we want. We can't live peacefully in this world if we don't put something of us in it. Our future results basically depends on the way we decide to live it and what actions to take. In other words, we make our lives what we want it to be by making our own choices.
          - I think this was brought up in the conversation today because we were talking about how we can't let others manage our lives by making decisions for us.

2. "Every heart vibrates to that iron string"
          - I think this quote means that every person is different in this world. Not everyone is the same in this world. Like Paloma said earlier, she thinks of it how a guitar has different strings and they all make a different sound. We can all be defined as a string of a guitar because we all do different things and don't sound the same, either by the way we speak, think or act. Each guitar string plays a different note, either by being natural, sharp or flat. That's the beauty of life
          - I think this was brought up due to the same reason as the rest of the quotes. Everyone is society is different and has the right to prove it.

3. "Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say 'I think,' but quotes some saint or sage"
          - I think this means that a person is timid/ shy to speak up for themselves. Some people don't like to say their opinions due to the fact that they're scared of what others might say or think. Society know-a-days don't have the courage to say their own opinion.
          - This was brought up because we talking about how some don't really speak up for themselves and are letting others manage their lives.

4. "Men have looked away from themselves and at things so long that they have come to esteem to religious, learned, and civil institutions as guards of property, and they deprecate assaults on these, because they feel them to be assaults on property"
          - This quote basically means that we take things for granted. Sometimes we look at things so closely that we don't realize how important they really are of their main purpose until it's too late. We tend to push those important things away not knowing how valuable they are.
          - This was brought up because of the same reason as the rest, we don't notice all the beautiful things in life because of how we let others control our lives.

5. "Nothing can bring you peace, but the triumph of principles"
          - This means that nothing can bring you peace other than yourself and the victory of your own behavior. It's similar to the first quote from all five. The results to our lives our the actions we decide to take.
          - This was brought up because they were saying how we sometimes let others control our lives which is why we live it the way we do right now. We don't let ourselves fly free without bumping into an obstacle.