Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONDo not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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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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Every artist was first an amateur.
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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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You become what you think about all day long.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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