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.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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A great man is always willing to be little.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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Every wall is a door.
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Love, and you shall be loved.
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Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.
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Nothing external to you has any power over you.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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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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