Ralph Waldo Emerson: I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into…

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply, not into the market, not into opinion, not into patronage.

In today’s wordsI call that person happy who, when the question is success, looks to his own work for the answer, not to the market, public opinion, or patronage.