Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThe 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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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Envy is ignorance, Imitation is Suicide.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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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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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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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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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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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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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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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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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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The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
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