One of the greatest American thinkers ever:
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One of the greatest American thinkers ever:
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Here are 20 of his best short ideas that'll change your life:
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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
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The purpose of life is not to be happy.
It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.
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What you do speaks so loudly that people can’t hear what you say.
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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.
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Adopt the pace of nature:
Her secret is patience.
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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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Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance.
Strong men believe in cause and effect.
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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.
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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.
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Every person you meet is your superior in some way.
Assume you can learn something from anyone you meet.
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Sorrow looks back.
Worry looks around.
Faith looks up.
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That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed but that our power to do has increased.
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Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is certain.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny.
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Don't be pushed by your problems.
Be led by your dreams.
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Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is.
Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.
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Traveling is a fool's paradise.
Whenever you go, there you are.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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