If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONTo be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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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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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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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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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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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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You are constantly invited to be what you are.
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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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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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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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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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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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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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