The earth laughs in flowers.
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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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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The years teach much the days never know.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers in it.
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Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up.
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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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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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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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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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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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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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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
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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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