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.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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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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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 great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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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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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Every wall is a door.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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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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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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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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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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