Make yourself necessary to somebody.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

Nothing external to you has any power over you.

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

Hence arose the saying, If I love you, what is that to you? We say...

The years teach much which the days never knew.

The years teach much which the days never knew.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

Life is a progress, and not a station.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

People that seem so glorious are all show; underneath they are like everyone else.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

No change of circumstances can repair a defect of character.

We change, whether we like it or not.

We change, whether we like it or not.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

Thoughts come into our minds by avenues which we never left open, and thoughts go...

To be simple is to be great

To be simple is to be great

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on...

Skill to do comes of doing

Skill to do comes of doing

What you are comes to you.

What you are comes to you.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

There is an optical illusion about every person we meet.

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...

Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's...