Ralph Waldo Emerson. Moral philosophy (№ 284706)

People dominated by the love of peace, will accept the first creed, the first philosophy, the first political party, caught him by the arm. For the most part it all goes to him by inheritance from his father. He gets quiet, spaciousness, good name. But the truth of the shut the door. On the contrary, he who excels the love of truth, avoiding anchorages, and indulges in the open sea. It protects itself from any unilateral doctrinaire, taking note of the contrary and rebuttal. He is exposed to all heads of the doubts, all the troubles of the transient opinions. But he is the candidate of truth and admirer of the higher laws of his being.