A friend is a person before whom I may think aloud.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make youself necessary to someone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson