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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting some on yourself.”

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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

“I wish to live because life has within it that which is good, that which is beautiful and that which is love. Therefore, since I have known all of these things, I have found them to be reason enough and - I wish to live. Moreover, because this is so, I wish others to live for generations and generations and generations.”

Reason Enough Beautiful Found Wish Known Generations

Author:Lorraine Hansberry

“Just looking at them I grow greedy, as if they were freshly baked loaves waiting on their shelves to be broken open--that one and that--and I make my choice in a mood of exalted luck, browsing among them like a cow in sweetest pasture. For life is continuous as long as they wait to be read--these inked paths opening into the future, page after page, every book its own receding horizon. And I hold them, one in each hand, a curious ballast weighing me here to earth.”

Ifs Long Book Hands Earth Life Is Choices Grows Waiting Path Broken Pages Luck Mood Opening Curious Horizon Cows Shelves Greedy Sweetest Exalted Pastures Weighing Browsing Ballast

Author:Linda Pastan

“True friends are always together in spirit.”

Together Spirit Friendship True Friend Friendship Memories True Friend Is Green Gables Always Together Anne Shirley

Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery

“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing … something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up.”

People Thinking Littles Hard Complicated Little Things

Author:Betty Smith

“What would Kathy say if she knew I let the whole crew eat those Oreos when they never did eat their carrot sticks (which I had so firmly required as prerequisite)? All three of my kids were probably heading for disease (not enough veggies) and jail (not enough discipline).”

Ifs Enough Whole Kids Three Discipline Disease Sticks Jail Crew Headings Carrots Prerequisites Oreos

Book:All Moms Go to Heaven: Reflections

Source: All Moms Go to Heaven: Reflections

“Before we have children, we think most of the parents sitting in sacrament meeting ought to “do something about their kids.” Once we have kids, we think everyone ought to be a lot more understanding about what we’re trying to survive during the meeting. And once our kids are grown, we think, “I never let my kids get away with that.” We really all need to chill out.”

Thinking Needs Trying Children Kids Parent Understanding Ought Sitting Meetings Get Away Sacraments Chill

Author:Dean Hughes

“God expects you to have enough faith and determination and enough trust in Him to keep moving, keep living, keep rejoicing. In fact, He expects you not simply to face the future (that sounds pretty grim and stoic); He expects you to embrace and shape the future--to love it and rejoice in it and delight in your opportunities. God is anxiously waiting for the chance to answer your prayers and fulfill your dreams, just as He always has. But He can't if you don't pray, and He can't if you don't dream. In short, He can't if you don't believe.”

“We call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.”

Feels Suffering Animal Dumb Pet Animal Welfare Sentient Beings Animal Ethics Kindness To Animals Black Beauty

Book:Black Beauty

Source: Black Beauty

“Surrender to a logic more powerful than reason.”

Reason Powerful Logic Surrender

Author:J. G. Ballard

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