Life is a journey, not a destination.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhat lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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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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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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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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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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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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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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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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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
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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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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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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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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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