The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONSometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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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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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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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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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for 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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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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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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Love, and you shall be loved.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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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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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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