Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONGuard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil. It is not for you to choose what he shall know, what he shall do. It is chosen and foreordained and he only holds the key to his own secret.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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