Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
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I can't say anything I don't love about Seattle.
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If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.
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What I find so interesting about people is the choices they make, and how that effects their behavior, their sense of self and their relationships.
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We have to give feminism a shot. Out of sheer self preservation, we have to stand aside and let women run the show.
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The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
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Anything looked at closely becomes wonderful.
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I think that there are a lot of elements and events that will make you scared in life and make you not want to sort of show your true self.
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Technological 'revolutions' don't really overthrow anything - they simply append a new and dynamic market to that which went before.
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I don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
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I won't do anything unless it's the absolute best.
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I don't fear anything now.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.
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I'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. Welcome to the world, Caitlyn. Can't wait for you to get to know her/me.
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Repeating is harder than anything else.
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I would say both Western psychology and Eastern paths would recognize that we get caught up in feeling like a separate self and an unworthy self.
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That fierce imprisonment in the self is but the obverse of the self-giving which is absolute reality.
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Detachment is not indifference. it is the prerequisite for effective involvement. Often what we think is best for others is distorted by our attachments to our opinions. We want others to be happy in the way we think they should be happy. It is only when we want nothing for ourselves that we are able to see clearly into others needs and understand how to serve them.
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Nature, being a wise and provident lady, governs her parts very wisely, methodically, and orderly: Also, she is very industrious and hates to be idle, which makes her employ her time as a good housewife doth.
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It is utterly inappropriate for the president Donald Trump to be weighing in the design and acquisitions process of carrier ships at this level. Had a Democratic president done this kind of micromanagement, all the more so in public, Republican defense wonks would have been apoplectic. Instead ... crickets.
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Progress, therefore, is not an accident, but a necessity…It is a part of nature.
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Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?
