What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFew 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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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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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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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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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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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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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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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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