Ralph Waldo Emerson True Quotations

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

The only true gift is a portion of yourself.

The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country turns out.

The multitude of false churches accredits the true religion.

A true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the center of things.

The only true gifts are a portion of yourself.

The gift, to be true, must be the flowing of the giver unto me, correspondent to my flowing unto him.

It is one of the biggest blessing that you can be stupid with your true friends and behave like you shame to do elsewhere

The wise man, the true friend, the finished character, we seek everywhere, and only find in fragments.

The religions we call false were once true.

True friends are two people who are comfortable sharing silence together.