“A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like unto him wherever he goes. What you are comes to you.”
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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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“Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.”
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“Skill to do comes of doing.”
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“The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.”
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“Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid.”
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“Prayer is the contemplation of the facts of life from the highest point of view.”
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“Difficulties exist to be surmounted.”
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“When the man is at home, his standing in society is well known and quietly taken; but when he is abroad, it is problematical, and is dependent on the success of his manners.”
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“Make yourself necessary to somebody.”
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“The merit claimed for the Anglican Church is that, if you let it alone, it will let you alone.”
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“There is a crack in everything God has made.”
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“The high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man, is to be born with a bias to some pursuit which finds him in employment and happiness.”
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“As soon as there is life, there is danger.”
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“Self-command is the main elegance.”
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“It is doubtless a vice to turn one's eyes inward too much, but I am my own comedy and tragedy.”
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“To be simple is to be great.”
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“It is proof of high culture to say the greatest matters in the simplest way.”
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“Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.”
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“Sorrow makes us all children again.”
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“There are some men above grief and some men below it.”
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