The only way to have a friend is to be one.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONBe not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Life is a journey, not a destination.
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Be not the slave of your own past – plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old.
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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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Every artist was first an amateur.
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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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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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There is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will not attack you in good clothes.
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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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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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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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