Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIt 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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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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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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All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
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Peace has its victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.
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We are always getting ready to live but never living.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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