Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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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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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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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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