Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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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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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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