To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what...

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who...

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we...

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be little.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

We lie in the lap of immense intelligence.

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make...

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They...

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...