A THREAD on timeless ideas by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
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Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions.
All life is an experiment.
The more experiments you make the better.
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Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.
And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously.
And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude.
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Few people know how to take a walk.
The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
Few people know how to take a walk.
The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.
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In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him.
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When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.
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All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.
All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.
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You become what you think about all day long.
You become what you think about all day long.
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The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
People do not seem to realise that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character.
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I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
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Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day.
You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can.
Tomorrow is a new day.
You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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Every artist was first an amateur.
Every artist was first an amateur.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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