People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONMany eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.
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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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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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