The only way to have a friend is to be one.
爱默生：the key to a riddle…is another riddle
“I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.”
“In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.”
“The centuries are conspirators against the sanity and authority of the soul.”
“Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say ‘I think,’ ‘I am,’ but quotes some saint or sage.”
“Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one’s own sunshine.”
“If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me.”
“What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
“All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle…is another riddle.”
“From within or from behind, a light shines through us upon things, and makes us aware that we are nothing, but the light is all.”
“In a world that is constantly trying to make you into something else, to be yourself is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Life is a journey not a destination.”
“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
“Dare to live the dreams you have dreamed for yourself.”
——Ralph Waldo Emerson
