It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONSome books leave us free and some books make us free.
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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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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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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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