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It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.
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
Waldo Emerson
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Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
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I am a part and parcel of God.
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One single idea may have greater weight than all the men, animals, and machines for a century.
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The squirrel hoards nuts and the bee gathers honey, without knowing what they do, and they are thus provided for without selfishness or disgrace.
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Knowledge is the antidote to fear. [especially as fear often stands for false evidence appearing real!]
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All sensible people are selfish, and nature is tugging at every contract to make the terms of it fair.
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A healthy soul stands united with the Just and the True, as the magnet arranges itself with the pole, so that he stands to all beholders like a transparent object betwixt them and the sun, and whoso journeys towards the sun, journeys towards that person. He is thus the medium of the highest influence to all who are not on the same level.
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Meet your failure nobly, and it will not differ from success.
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What I need is someone who will make me do what I can.
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The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a loss of wealth, a loss of friends, seems at the moment unpaid loss, and unpayable. But the sure years reveal the deep remedial force that underlies all facts.
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People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.
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To educate the wise man, the State exists and with the appearance of the wise man, the State expires. The appearance of charactermakes the state unnecessary. The wise man is the State.
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Man's life is a progress, not a station.
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