Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."	Acceptance, Faith, Lies
"Our chief want in life is somebody who shall make us do what we can."	Desires, Life, Wants
"Love is the essence of God."	Love
"A good intention clothes itself with power."	Evil, Intentions, Power
"Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence."	Destiny, Fate
"Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful."	Beauty, Darkness, Intentions
"Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience."	Nature, Patience
"I awoke with devout thanksgiving for my friends."	Friends, Generosity
"The wise through excess of wisdom is made a fool."	Knowledge, Wisdom
"The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship."	Friends, Glory, Honesty
"We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten."	Anger, Forgiveness, Quitting
"It is very hard to be simple enough to be good."	Evil, Good
"In England every man you meet is some man's son; in America, he may be some man's father."	America, Men
"Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis."	Change, Time
"Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free."	Destiny, Fate, Freedom
"Spiritual force is stronger than material force; thoughts rule the world."	Friends, Strength
"The reason why all men honor love is because it looks up, and not down; aspires and not despairs."	Glory, Honor, Love
"I am sure of this, that by going much alone a man will get more of a noble courage in thought and word than from all the wisdom that is in books."	Age, Books, Courage
"I like to have a man's knowledge comprehend more than one class of topics, one row of shelves. I like a man who likes to see a fine barn as well as a good tragedy."	Age, Evil, Knowledge
"A man's wife has more power over him than the state has."	Men, Power
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Ambition	America	Anger
Anti-God	Anti-Religion	Art
Attitude	Beauty	Beginnings
Books	Change	Character
Children	Comedy	Confidence
Conformity	Courage	Criticism
Darkness	Death	Decision-Making
Desires	Destiny	Difficulty
Doubt	Dreams	Duty
Economics	Education	Equality
Evil	Excellence	Experience
Failure	Faith	Fate
Fear	Food	Forgiveness
Freedom	Friends	Generosity
Genius	Glory	Goals
God	Good	Government
Greatness	Happiness	Health
Help	History	Honesty
Honor	Hope	Humor
Ideas	Imagination	Intelligence
Intentions	Joy	Justice
Knowledge	Laughter	Law
Leadership	Learning	Liberty
Lies	Life	Light
Love	Memory	Men
Military	Miscellaneous	Mistakes
Monarchy	Money	Music
Nature	Patience	Patriotism
Peace	Poetry	Politics
Power	Quitting	Quotations
Reading	Religion	Responsibility
Risk	School	Science
Sin	Sleep	Sleeping
Strength	Stupidity	Success
Talent	Teaching	Thanksgiving
Time	Truth	Violence
Virtue	Wants	War
Wisdom	Wishing	Worrying
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