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I quote another man's saying unluckily, that other withdraws himself in the same way, and quotes me.
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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There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.
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Enlarge not thy destiny, said the oracle: endeavor not to do more than is given thee in charge.
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Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of the prophets. He saw with an open eye the mystery of the soul. . Alone in all history he estimated the greatness of man.
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Let the soul be assured that somewhere in the universe it should rejoin its friend, and it would be content and cheerful alone for a thousand years.
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The house praises the carpenter.
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I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books.
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The Bhagavad-Gita is an empire of thought and in its philosophical teachings Krishna has all the attributes of the full-fledged montheistic deity and at the same time the attributes of the Upanisadic absolute.
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It the proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.
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Noblesse oblige or, superior advantages bind you to larger generosity.
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If a man is at heart just, then in so far is he God the safety of God, the immortality of God, the majesty of God do enter into that man with justice.
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A painter told me that nobody could draw a tree without in some sort becoming a tree.
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In the actual world--the painful kingdom of time and place--dwell care, and canker, and fear. With thought, with the ideal, is immortal hilarity, the rose of joy.
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Far or forgot to me is near Shadow and sunlight are the same The vanished gods to me appear And one to me are shame and fame.They reckon ill who leave me out When me they fly, I am the wings I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
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The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering Trade.
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Meek young men grow up in colleges and believe it is their duty to accept the views which books have given, and grow up slaves.
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Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
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It was a pleasure and a privilege to walk with him [H.D. Thoreau]. He knew the country like a fox or a bird, and passed through it as freely by paths of his own.
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We must be courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
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These arts open great gates of a future, promising to make the world plastic and to lift human life out of its beggary to a god- like ease and power.
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