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Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes: Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.
         

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.


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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.



Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.



A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.



When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.



Beauty without expression tires.

Beauty without expression tires.



Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.



Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.



Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn



To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.



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.

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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All we are is eyes looking for the unbroken or the edges where the broken bits might fit each other.

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I don't want to die now!" he yelled. "I've still got a headache! I don't want to go to heaven with a headache, I'd be all cross and wouldn't enjoy it!

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When people come and tell me I was terrific in this or that, I do not want to fall flat on my face next time. But, tough, I have fallen flat before. You just get up and dust yourself off.

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It's as if we live in a house which has a vast treasury in one of its rooms. Only we've forgotten about it. So, instead of living a life of royalty, we go about in poverty.

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I don't believe in death. I think it's just a state of mind.

I don't believe in death. I think it's just a state of mind.




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