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Shallow men believe in luck. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The heroic cannot be the common, nor can the common be heroic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But genius looks forward: the eyes of men are set in his forehead, not in his hi — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one. — Marcus Aurelius
Every step of real movement is more important than a dozen programmes. — Karl Marx
A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come bac — Mahatma Gandhi
Every gesture is a revolutionary act. — Fernando Pessoa
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature, and embroidered by imagination. — Voltaire
While our art cannot, as we wish it could, save us from wars , privation, envy , — Ray Bradbury in his Preface to Zen in the Art of Writing
Swimming upon water teaches men how birds do upon the air. — Leonardo da Vinci
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep hea — Fyodor Dostoyevsky