"There is nothing capricious in nature and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feel it."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Desire
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"Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Destiny
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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Difficulties
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"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Difficulties
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"If a man knew anything, he would sit in a corner and be modest; but he is such an ignorant peacock, that he goes bustling up and down, and hits on extraordinary discoveries."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Discovery
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"Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Duty
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"Respect the child. Be not too much his parent. Trespass not on his solitude."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Education
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"The secret in education lies in respecting the student."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Education
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"There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Education
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