Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNone of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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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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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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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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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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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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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Every wall is a door.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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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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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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