Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“What a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates, his fate.”
- Source
- Walden
- Date
- 1854
Meaning of “What a man thinks of himself, that it…”
Thoreau argues that private self-judgment can become a powerful constraint or permission, shaping choices more strongly than public opinion alone.
Where does it come from?
Walden, “Economy,” in the passage contrasting public opinion with a person’s own private opinion of himself.
