The roses under my window make no reference to former roses or better ones; they are what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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literature.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, RALPH WALDO EMERSON If we encountered a man or rare intellect, we should ask him what
books he read.
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"Till time for roses be,--
For the moss-rose and the musk-rose,
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corrupt, they have done abominable work... BIBLE Two kinds of women get under your skin. The ones who do damage, they don't feel good there but once ... KRISTEN ASHLEY We are the ones who take this thing called music and line it up with this thing called time. We are ... RACHEL COHN Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning ... ALBERTO CAEIRO My problem with the Emergent Church is not the questions they are bringing up, but the answers they ... ERIC LUDY Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON This is a critical moment. There is a lot of opposition to continuing the reforms as they are today. HE WEIFANG The Giver of Existence is Eternally Existent; there is no harm, therefore, in the passing of beings,... SAID NURSI When Shakespeare is charges with debts to his authors, Landor
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