Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.
RALPH WALDO EMERSONThere is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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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 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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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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Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.
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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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The years teach much the days never know.
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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.
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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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Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self.
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Of all the ways to lose a person, death is the kindest.
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Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
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Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.
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