If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONEvery wall is a door.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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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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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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