A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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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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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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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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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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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