Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIt is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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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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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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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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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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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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Every artist was first an amateur.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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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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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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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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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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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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