Ralph Waldo Emerson: It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.

It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yoursel — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is easy to live for others; everybody does. I call on you to live for yourselves.

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