People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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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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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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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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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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