Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we ...

That which we are, we shall teach, not voluntarily, but involuntarily. Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go out of our minds through avenues which we never voluntarily opened.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~

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