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.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWe are always getting ready to live but never living.
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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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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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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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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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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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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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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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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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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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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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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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