"We are taught by great actions that..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
We are taught by great actions that the universe is the property of every individual in it.
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“For all our penny-wisdom, for all our soul-destroying slavery to habit, it is not to be doubted that all men have sublime thoughts; that all men value the few real hours of life; they love to be heard; they love to be caught up into the vision of principles. We mark with light in the memory the few interviews we have had, in the dreary years of routine and of sin, with souls that made our souls wiser; that spoke what we thought; that told us what we knew; that gave us leave to be what we only were.”
“He who has acquired the ability, may wait securely the occasion of making it felt and appreciated, and know that it will not loiter.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.”
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“Let your actions always speak for you, but be forever on guard against the terrible traps of false pride and conceit that can halt your progress. The next time you are tempted to boast, just place your fist in a full pail of water, and when you remove it, the hole remaining will give you a correct measure of your importance.”
“In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.”
“A BURNING DESIRE TO BE, AND TO DO is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off. Dreams are not born of indifference, laziness, or lack of ambition.”
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“Trust the universe and respekt your hair.”
“Roaming in thought over the Universe, I saw the little that isGood steadily hastening towards immortality,And the vast all that is called Evil I saw hastening to merge itself and become lost and dead.”
“Why should I feel lonely? is not our planet in the Milky Way?”