Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

Picture Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

Topics: Greatness Picture Quotes

The only way to have friends is to be one

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The only way to have friends is to be one

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on to others without getting a few drops...

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Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on to others without getting a few drops...

Adopt the pace of nature - her secret is patience.

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Adopt the pace of nature - her secret is patience.

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be

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The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit

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Nature always wears the colors of the spirit

Every artists was first an amateur

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Every artists was first an amateur

Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries

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Little minds have little worries, big minds have no time for worries

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

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Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some...

The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows...

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The man who knows how will always have a job. The man who also knows...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say

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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say

Always do what you are afraid to do.

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Always do what you are afraid to do.

When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life...

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When you were born you were crying and everyone else was smiling. Live your life...

For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

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For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

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Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.

All things splendid have been achieved ny those who dared believe that something inside them...

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All things splendid have been achieved ny those who dared believe that something inside them...

A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream...

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A good life is when you assume nothing, do more, need less, smile often, dream...