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American West1 quote
Go West, young man. — Horace Greeley · 1870
Anonymity1 quote
I'm Nobody! Who are you? Are you–Nobody–Too? Then there's a pair of us? Don't tell! they'd advertise–you know! How dreary–to be–Somebody! How public–like a Frog– To tell one's name–the livelong June – To an admiring Bog! — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Capacity for greatness1 quote
We never know how high we are Till we are asked to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Death1 quote
Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Helping others1 quote
If I can stop one Heart from breaking I shall not live in vain If I can ease one Life the Aching Or cool one Pain Or help one fainting Robin Unto his Nest again I shall not live in Vain. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Human potential1 quote
We never know how high we are Till we are asked to rise And then if we are true to plan Our statures touch the skies. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Inevitability of death1 quote
Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Love1 quote
That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love; It is enough, the freight should be Proportioned to the groove. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Majority opinions1 quote
Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye — Much Sense—the starkest Madness — 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail — Assent—and you are sane — Demur—you're straightway dangerous — And handled with a Chain — — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Manifest Destiny1 quote
Go West, young man. — Horace Greeley · 1870
Power of love1 quote
That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love; It is enough, the freight should be Proportioned to the groove. — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Success1 quote
Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need. — Emily Dickinson · 1864
Summer1 quote
Inebriate of Air - am I - And debauchee of dew - Reeling - thro endless summer days - From inns of Molten Blue. — Emily Dickinson · 1861
Thinking differently1 quote
Much Madness is divinest Sense — To a discerning Eye — Much Sense—the starkest Madness — 'Tis the Majority In this, as All, prevail — Assent—and you are sane — Demur—you're straightway dangerous — And handled with a Chain — — Emily Dickinson · 1886
Winter1 quote
There's a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons-- That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes. — Emily Dickinson · 1886