We never know how high we are till we are called to rise. Then if we are true to form our statures touch the skies.
EMILY DICKINSONThe things of which we want the proof are those we know the best.
More Emily Dickinson Quotes
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The soul selects her own society, Then shuts the door; On her divine majority Obtrude no more.
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Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.
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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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It is easy to work when the soul is at play.
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I imagine therefore I belong and am free.
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Does not Eternity appear dreadful to you. I often get to thinking of it and it seems so dark to me that I almost wish there was no Eternity. To think that we must forever live and never cease to be. It seems as if Death would be a relief to so endless a state of existence.
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Hold dear to your parents for it is a scary and confusing world without them.
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Opinion is a fitting thing but truth outlasts the sun – if then we cannot own them both, possess the oldest one.
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Life is a spell so exquisite that everything conspires to break it.
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Friends are nations in themselves.
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Because I could not stop for death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves and immortality.
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They might not need me; but they might. I’ll let my head be just in sight; a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity.
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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.
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If you take care of the small things, the big things take care of themselves. You can gain more control over your life by paying closer attention to the little things.
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Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.
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