To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONEven in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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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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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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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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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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