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The only thing that can grow is the thing you give energy to.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Age: 78 †
Born: 1803
Born: May 25
Died: 1882
Died: April 27
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R. W. Emerson
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The idea of God ends in a paltry Methodist meeting-house.
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The bulk of mankind believe in two gods. They are under one dominion here in the house, as friend and parent, in social circles, in letters, in art, in love, in religion but in mechanics, in dealing with steam and climate, in trade, in politics, they think they come under another.
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The need for a rational consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.
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If the race is good, so is the place.
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There is a capacity of virtue in us, and there is a capacity of vice to make your blood creep.
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There is genius as well in virtue as in intellect. 'Tis the doctrine of faith over works.
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The fatal trait of the times is the divorce between religion and morality.
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