Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONBe good to your work, your word, and your friend.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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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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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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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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The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
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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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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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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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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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