What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONIt is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Make the most of yourself for that is all there is of you.
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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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Every wall is a door.
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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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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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To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
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What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.
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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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To be great is to be misunderstood.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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