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“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness.”
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.”
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting.”
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air…”
“It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself”
“There is no doubt that Emerson was a yea-sayer. He did celebrate the daylight and hope in preference to blackness and despair.”
Chang Young-Hee