The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
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I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he h...
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Public opinion is a weak tyrant compared with our own private opinion. what a man thinks of himself, that it is which determines, or rather indicates,...
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It is not enought to be busy, so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
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When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with. He cannot in...
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It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always.
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The language of Friendship is not words, but meanings.
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If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.
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As the sun went down, I saw a solitary boatman disporting on the smooth lake. The falling dews seemed to strain and purify the air, and I was soothed ...
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All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
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The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour. Then there is least somnolence in us; and for an hour, at least, so...
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As for Doing-good,that is one of the professions which are full. Moreover, I have tried itfairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it do...
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Sometimes, in a summer morning,having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrisetill noon, rapt in a revery, amidst the pines an...
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There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
