What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONMost of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
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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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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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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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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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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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