We are always getting ready to live but never living.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONEven in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Few 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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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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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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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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The years teach much the days never know.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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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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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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