Every artist was first an amateur.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONLet me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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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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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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 ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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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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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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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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Love, and you shall be loved.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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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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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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