A great man is always willing to be little.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONAlways do what you are afraid to do.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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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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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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