" To be great is to be misunderstood"- Everyone who has a great idea was misunderstood because what they were thinking was to advance for there time so everyone couldn't understand that person's greatness.
" We pass for what we are" - Its hard for people to go against there nature.
" Your genuine action will explain itself and will explain your other genuine actions"- How you act now will impact how you act in the future. Habits stick with you.
" Your conformity explains nothing"- If you act just like the other people in your surroundings, you blend in, so there's nothing to show and explain who you really are.
Three ideas I've taken away from " On Self-Reliance" are people who are great are misunderstood, we cannot pass for anyone but ourselves, and people's true actions now will make their actions valuable later in the furtue.
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