"Do not spill thy soul in running hither……" — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Do not spill thy soul in running hither and yon, grieving over the mistakes and the vices of others. The one person whom it is most necessary to reform is yourself."
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2,823 Quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If I should go out of church whenever I hear a false sentiment, I could never stay there five minutes.
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To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
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Extremes meet, and there is no better example than the naughtiness of humility.
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Science is nothing but the finding of analogy, identity, in the most remote parts.
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The possibility of interpretation lies in the identity of the observer with the observed. Each material thing has its celestial…
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Every promise of the soul has innumerable fulfillments; each of its joys ripens into a new want.
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The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.
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A little praise goes a great ways.
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Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out…
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Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
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Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.
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Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
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You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to…
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I can't go on. I'll go on.
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Now comes the mystery.
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.
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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never…
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