Quotation by

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Our most intimate friend is not he to whom we show the worst, but the best of our nature.

Nature

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The person we consider closest to us is the one who sees and appreciates our positive qualities rather than our flaws or mistakes. This means true intimacy comes from sharing our best traits, not from exposing our worst moments.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.