Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONWhat is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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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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The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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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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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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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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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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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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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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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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