It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONFear always springs from ignorance.
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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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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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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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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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Every wall is a door.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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