The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThough we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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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A great man is always willing to be little.
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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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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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Nature and Books belong to the eyes that see them.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
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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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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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