Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

I am treating you as my friend, asking you to share my present minuses in...

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

We are symbols, and inhabit symbols.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not...

Every wall is a door.

Every wall is a door.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

He who is in love is wise and is becoming wiser, sees newly every time...

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

Do the thing you fear, and the death of fear is certain.

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

The eloquent man is he who is no eloquent speaker, but who is inwardly drunk...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

Money is the representative of a certain quantity of corn or other commodity. It is...

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to...

There is properly no history; only biography

There is properly no history; only biography

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...

We want to make sure children aren't left without any books. We want to make...