I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Thought is the property of him who can entertain it, and of him who can adequately place it.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is no knowledge that is not power.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It will never make any difference to a hero what the laws are. Their greatness will shine and accomplish itself unto the end, whether they second him or not.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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