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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The eye is easily frightened.”

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American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

“[The woman] paused and seemed to take a deep breath. 'You see,' she declared. 'I am Tom Mallow's aunt.' Catherine's first instinct was to burst out laughing. She wondered why there was something slightly absurd about aunts; perhaps it was because one thought of them as dear, comfortable creatures, somehow lacking in dignity and prestige.”

Firsts Laughing Creatures Comfortable Dignity Breaths Instinct Dear Absurd Toms Lacking Aunt Prestige Deep Breath Take A Deep Breath

Book:Less than angels

Source: Less than angels

“Fun is what you do for yourself. If somebody else does it, it's entertainment.”

Ifs Doe Fun Entertainment

Author:David Mamet

“Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.”

Way Feels Children Hard Facts Found Parent Hard Work Offers Research Importance Approval Gifted Asian Psychologist Highlights Carols Westerners Stanford

Author:Amy Chua

“One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.”

Knows Mind Play Happens Fun Impression

Author:Edward Albee

“There is not a whole lot of fun in medicine but there is a whole lot of medicine in fun.”

Whole Fun Medicine

Author:Josh Billings

“We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.”

Fun Serious Capacity Philosophical Certainty Reverence Restraint Ridicule Crave Hostility Stance Playfulness

Author:Friedrich Nietzsche

“Humans test their brand new wings and invent new possibilities using new-fangled things not with grim determination, but with play.”

Humans Play Fun Possibility Determination Tests Wings Brands Grim Brand New New Possibilities

Author:Howard Bloom

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