Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONMost of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.
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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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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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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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