“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground-breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Considered one of the great orators of the time, Emerson's enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. His support for abolitionism late in life created controversy, and at times he was subject to abuse from crowds while speaking on the topic. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man." ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
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“A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.”
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“Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.”
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“How casually and unobservedly we make all our most valued acquaintances.”
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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”
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“To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men - that is genius.”
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“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”
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“We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?”
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“We are always getting ready to live, but never living.”
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“We aim above the mark to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood or exaggeration in it.”
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“God enters by a private door into every individual.”
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“To Be is to live with God.”
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“A great man stands on God. A small man stands on a great man.”
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“All great men come out of the middle classes.”
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“A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.”
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“Nothing can bring you peace but yourself.”
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“Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will.”
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“Five great enemies to peace inhabit us: avarice, ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace.”
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“To fill the hour, and leave no crevice ... that is happiness.”
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“The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of man, is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.”
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