It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.
Friendship
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Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Wisdom
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
Friendship
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.
Love
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
Life
Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.
Wisdom
What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.
Wisdom
Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.
Wisdom
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
Life
For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Wisdom
Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.
Love
Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Wisdom
The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
Life
Always do what you are afraid to do.
Wisdom
Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
Wisdom
Every artist was first an amateur.
Wisdom
The first wealth is health.
Wisdom
It is not length of life, but depth of life.
Life
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.
Wisdom
The earth laughs in flowers.
Wisdom
Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.
Success
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
Life
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Wisdom
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
Wisdom
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