Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONI cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.
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Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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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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The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear.
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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere.
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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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Be good to your work, your word, and your friend.
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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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We acquire the strength we have overcome.
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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.
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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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Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
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