It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONI 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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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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Fear always springs from ignorance.
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The good news is that the moment you decide that what you know is more important than what you have been taught to believe, you will have shifted gears in your quest for abundance. Success comes from within, not from without.
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Let us be silent, that we may hear the whisper of God.
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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.
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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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It is not the length of life, but the depth.
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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life so at the end, your’re the one who is smiling and everyone else is crying.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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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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The only way to have a friend is to be one.
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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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