No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What lies behind you and what lies in front of you pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.

Always do what you are afraid to do.

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

My heart never knew loneliness until you went away.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone.