It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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You become what you think about all day long.
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Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success.
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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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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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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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Life is a series of surprises and would not be worth taking or keeping if it were not.
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If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.
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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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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