Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile...it's the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him with his friendship.

The glory of friendship is not in the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it is in the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.

The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.

We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected

He that loveth maketh his own the grandeur he loves

Love, and you shall be loved

...truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, --else it is none.

Go often to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.

Great men are they who see that the spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.