The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONNothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.
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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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A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.
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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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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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 creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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People only see what they are prepared to see.
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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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It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.
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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
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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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